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燕

swallow (bird)
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingつばめ、つばくら、つばくろ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. swallow (bird)
  2. swallowRtK
  1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family)
  2. martin
  3. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
  4. younger man involved with an older woman
  5. boy toy

Radicals and components

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Compound words

燕雀えんじゃく
small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)
燕青拳えんせいけん
Yangqingquan
燕巣えんそう
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
虎燕拳こえんけん
Tiger Swallow Fist
燕脂えんじ
dark-red pigment
燕麦えんばく
oat (Avena sativa)
飛燕ひえん
swallow in flight
海燕うみつばめ
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

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