雁

鴈
yàn
#2,548 most
frequent character
variant of 雁[yan4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

雁 has 亻 'person' and 隹 'bird' as meaning parts, and 厂 gives the sound. Here 厂 is read hǎn, not chǎng. The parts point to the first meaning, 'wild goose'.

雁 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

雁yàn
wild goose

Homophones

厌yàn
(bound form) to loathe
验yàn
to examine, to test, to check

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