(literary) swallow; a migratory bird with a forked tail known as 燕子 yàn​zi or 家燕 jiā​yàn

(literary) any bird with black feathers, such as a crow or myna; also refers to a mythical black bird (sometimes interpreted as a swallow or crane) said to have given birth to the Shang people

(proper noun) title of a poem in the "Hymns of Shang" section of the "Classic of Poetry" used for ancestral sacrifice