Keyword
swallow
- lovebird
- Frequency
- #2332
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
yàn
Mnemonic
A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
燕子
swallow
燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (QiánYān) (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 (HòuYān) (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (NánYān) (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (BěiYān) (409–436)
燕京
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods
燕山
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
燕麦
oats
燕窝
edible bird's nest
燕国
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 (QiánYān) (337-370), Later Yan 后燕 (HòuYān) (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (NánYān) (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (BěiYān) (409-436)
燕京大学
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
燕
swallow (family Hirundinidae)
孙燕姿
Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
曾金燕
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳 (HúJiā)
燕赵
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers
雨燕
swift; Apodidae (the swift family)
燕尾服
swallow-tailed coat; tails
燕麦片
rolled oats
金丝燕
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
北燕
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
家燕
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
后燕
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
燕雀
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry
南燕
Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)
燕京啤酒
Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
劳燕分飞
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom); (usually of a couple) to part from each other
乳燕
baby swallow