燕 — Chinese character
燕
yàn
lovebird, swallow
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 廿 口 北 灬
- Formation
- ideographic — A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬
- Japanese
- 燕 as a kanji
Common words with 燕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燕子 | yàn zi | swallow |
| 燕麦 (燕麥) | yàn mài | oats |
| 燕窝 (燕窩) | yàn wō | edible bird's nest |
| 雨燕 | yǔ yàn | swift; Apodidae (the swift family) |
| 燕尾服 | yàn wěi fú | swallow-tailed coat; tails |
| 燕麦片 (燕麥片) | yàn mài piàn | rolled oats |
| 金丝燕 (金絲燕) | jīn sī yàn | Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus max |
| 家燕 | jiā yàn | (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| 燕雀 | yàn què | (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry |
| 劳燕分飞 (勞燕分飛) | láo yàn fēn fēi | the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom); (usually of a couple) to part from each other |
| 乳燕 | rǔ yàn | baby swallow |
| 身轻如燕 (身輕如燕) | shēn qīng rú yàn | as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl) |
English words written with 燕
燕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 16 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 26
- Analects 7.4
- Hexagram 61
- Mencius 1B.10
- Mencius 1B.11
- Mencius 2B.8
- Mencius 2B.9
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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