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燕

yàn

lovebird, swallow

💡 Ideographic: A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬
HSK 16 strokes Common (17%)
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Component Breakdown

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廿
niàn
twenty, twentieth
口
kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
北
běi
north; northern; northward
灬
huǒ
fire
⿱⿱廿⿻口北灬 i

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Component Tree i

⿱廿⿻口北
Radical component
huǒ
灬
fire
4 strokes

Words Using 燕 (101)

Yān
燕 ↗
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan [[前燕]] (337-370), Later Yan [[後燕|后燕]] (384-409), Southern Yan [[南燕]] (398-410), Northern Yan [[北燕]] (409-436) / surname Yan
yàn
燕 ↗
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of [[宴<yàn>]]
yànzi
燕子 ↗
swallow
Gēshìjīnsīyàn
戈氏金丝燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) German's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
xīnhūnyàněr
新婚燕尔 ↗
newlyweds / love birds
Rìběnchāwěihǎiyàn
日本叉尾海燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
bānyāoyàn
斑腰燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
yānfùmáojiǎoyàn
烟腹毛脚燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
yānhēichāwěihǎiyàn
烟黑叉尾海燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
dànsèyáshāyàn
淡色崖沙燕 ↗
(Chinese bird species) pale martin (Riparia diluta)
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