燕
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swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]
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Dict coverage rank #818 U+71D5
How 燕 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬
How to remember it
swallow · Heisig RSH #2244
廿 twenty + 口 mouth + 北 north + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 燕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白眼河燕 | bái yǎn hé yàn | (bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae) |
| 小燕尾 | xiǎo yàn wěi | (bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri) |
| 线尾燕 | xiàn wěi yàn | (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) |
| 白腹毛脚燕 | bái fù máo jiǎo yàn | (bird species of China) Siberian house martin (Delichon lagopodum) |
| 黑背燕尾 | hēi bèi yàn wěi | (bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus) |
| 燕京大学 | Yān jīng Dà xué | Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919 |
| 天燕座 | Tiān yàn zuò | Apus (constellation) |
| 燕子 | yàn zi | swallow |
| 新婚燕尔 | xīn hūn yàn ěr | (idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married |
| 燕山 | Yān shān | Yan mountain range across north Hebei |
| 燕国 | Yān guó | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdo… |
| 劳燕分飞 | láo yàn fēn fēi | the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom); (usually of a couple) to p… |
| 家燕 | jiā yàn | (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| 短嘴金丝燕 | duǎn zuǐ jīn sī yàn | (bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris) |
| 日本叉尾海燕 | Rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) |
| 公燕 | gōng yàn | banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials |
| 小白腰雨燕 | xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn | (bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis) |
| 燕太子丹 | Yān Tài zǐ Dān | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng o… |
| 黑喉毛角燕 | hēi hóu máo jiǎo yàn | (bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense) |
| 南燕 | Nán Yān | Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410) |