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燕

燕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

象形。「つばめ」を象る。「つばめ」を表す漢語、{燕/*/ʔˤen}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

swallow (bird)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
Kun (native)
  • つばめ
  • つばくら
  • つばくろ
Other languages
  • 拼音yan4
  • 拼音yan1
  • 한글yeon
  • Hán-ViệtYến
  • Hán-ViệtYên

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+71D5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳廿⿴北口灬

Words using this kanji

  • 燕つばめswallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman
  • 燕雀えんじゃくつばめとすずめ。 度量の小さい人のたとえ。small bird (like a swallow or sparrow), small-minded person, person lacking in character
  • 燕巣えんそう燕の巣。swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup), edible bird's nest
  • 燕窩えんかアナツバメの唾液でできた巣。広東料理の高級食材。swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
  • 燕子えんしswallow
  • 燕児えんじswallow chick
  • 燕魚ツバメウオlongfin batfish (Platax teira), teira batfish, round-faced batfish, flying fish
  • 燕楽えんがくAncient Chinese banquet music
  • 燕鰶つばめこのしろthreadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)
  • 燕鱝つばくろえいJapanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
  • 燕鳶つばめとびswallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
  • 燕青拳えんせいけんYangqingquan, Yangqing Fist
  • 燕千鳥つばめちどりOriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), eastern collared pratincole, large Indian pratincole, swallow-plover
  • 燕尾服えんびふく男性の夜間に使用する洋装礼服の一つ。上着の背後が長くつばめの尾のようになっている。tailcoat
  • 燕尾鸛えんびこうコウノトリ目コウノトリ科コウノトリ属に属する鳥の一種。学名:Ciconia maguari。別名、白燕尾鸛。maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
  • 燕返しつばめがえしquickly reversed cut (sword technique), swallow counter (judo technique), swallow flight reversal, swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)
  • 燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこくhow can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix), only a hero can understand a hero
  • 燕去り月つばめさりづきeighth lunar month
  • 燕万年青ツバメオモトbead lily (Clintonia udensis)
  • 燕然都護府えんぜんとごふProtectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-12
Four Corner
4433.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k13.16
Heisig
2882
Nelson
4070