How to read Yan?

Yan: the initial is y, the final is an, and the tone is the second sound.

Detailed explanation: Yan, surname, one of China surnames. Yan is a variant and two simplified characters of "Yan", ranking fifty-second among the surnames in contemporary China. Yan clan members are mainly distributed in the north of the Yangtze River, mainly in Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi. Yan and Yan are two different surnames now.

Etymological explanation: "Yan" is a modern variant of "Yan". Yi, whether it is a consonant or a shape, is the original word of "trap", which means to fall into a trap.

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Judging from the surname Ji of Ji Chang's descendant recorded in Surnames Spectrum, there are two surnames: Yan and Yan. How cheap the five-tone rhyme is, and the sound is salty. Yan Yi, vulgar. It's also orthography and surname. It is said that there is no Yan in the text, and the surname spectrum is divided into two.

According to legend, Taibo Zengyi was sealed in Yan Township (Yishui area, Hebei Province), and later generations took Yan as their surname, hence the name Yan. According to legend, when Wang's youngest son was born, he had a word Yan on his hand, so he was sealed in Yancheng. Later generations also took Yan as their surname and called him Yan.

Ji Fa's son Tang Shuyu founded the State of Jin. After Jin succeeded in becoming Qi Huangong, he named his son Yi in (now Xia County, Shaanxi Province). After the fall of the state of Jin, some of his descendants took Yan as their surname, so they were also surnamed Yan.