swallow
Radical: outside the door
Stroke: 3 times in total
Stroke: 6
Interpretation: 1, used to be a simplified word for "Yan". 2. Surname structure: semi-closed
There is Wu Yan Yan in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Yan Naihou is a secular word, and Yan is not a surname. Today, the so-called Yan surname appears because the second Chinese character simplification scheme (which was later abolished) mistakenly simplified the traditional Chinese characters of Yan surname into characters. So Yan Zhengzi should be Yan. At that time, even Yan Xishan's name was mistakenly written as Yan Xishan.
Extended data:
There are two surnames among hundreds of surnames, Yan and Yan.
Solution: The old version of Baijia surname in Song Dynasty is different from the popular Baijia surname now. Surnames among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty started from former Sun Zhaoli and ended in Situ Sikong.
Since then, New Notes on Hundred Surnames, Hundred Surnames Third Edition and Royal Surnames compiled by Kangxi in Ming and Qing Dynasties are exactly the same as those in Song Dynasty, but the order of surnames has changed.
Now, the new version of Baijia surname is officially called Continued Baijia surname. As the name implies, it was edited and published by Guangling Ancient Books Engraving Society (founded in 1960) on the basis of the original hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty. In other words, it was edited and published only after liberation. At that time, due to the unknown textual research of the editor, the word Yan, which is popular among the masses, was included.