燕尾

yànwěi
  1. (calligraphy) dense flourish on the right side of a major stroke in clerical script
  2. dense flourish on the right side of a major stroke in clerical script
  3. streamer of a flag
  4. swallow's tail; swallowtail; forked tail

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 燕 Yān
  1. Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
  2. north Hebei
  3. the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 Qián Yān (337–370), Later Yan 後燕 Hòu Yān (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 Nán Yān (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 Běi Yān (409–436)
  4. surname Yan
=1 燕 yàn
  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. old variant of 宴 yàn
=1 燕 yàn variant of 燕 yàn
=2 尾 wěi
  1. tail
  2. remainder
  3. remnant
  4. extremity
  5. sixth of the 28 constellations
  6. classifier for fish
=2 尾 yǐ
  1. horse's tail
  2. pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Containing this entry

小燕尾 xiǎoyànwěi (bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
斑背燕尾 bānbèiyànwěi (bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
灰背燕尾 huībèiyànwěi (bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
燕尾服 yànwěifú
  1. swallow-tailed coat
  2. tails
燕尾蝶 yànwěidié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
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