燕

16 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

swallow (bird)

Kun'yomi
  • つばめ
    		swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family) ②barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) ③younger man involved with an older woman
  • つばくら
    		swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family) ②barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) ③younger man involved with an older woman
  • つばくろ
    		swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family) ②barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) ③younger man involved with an older woman
On'yomi
  • エン

Main Radical

火(KanXi) 艸(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

つばめ 88.9%
エン 11.1%

Character Breakdown

swallow (bird)
つばめ　エン　つばくら (Kentei Pre-1)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
north
ホク　きた　ほっ (2nd, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ

Contained In

嚥 臙 讌

Common Words

ひ
飛
えん
燕
swallow in flight
えん
燕
び
尾
ふく
服
tailcoat
こし
腰
あか
赤
つばめ
燕
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica) ②striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
わか
若
　
い
つばめ
燕
young lover of an older woman
つばめ
燕
さ
去
　
り
づき
月
eighth lunar month
つばめ
燕
がえ
返
　
し
quickly reversed cut (sword technique) ②swallow counter (judo technique) ③swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique) ④completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile
えん
燕
じゃく
雀
small birds
えん
燕
せい
青
けん
拳
Yangqingquan
えん
燕
そう
巣
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
こ
虎
えん
燕
けん
拳
Tiger Swallow Fist
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References

Unicode hex code 71D5
JIS X 0208 1-17-77
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4070
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3489
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3142
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2196
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2869
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2882
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2570
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19429
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k13.16
Four corner code 4433.1