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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)
    一般的に言って、オーケストラの指揮者は演奏会で燕尾服を着ます。Generally speaking, orchestra conductors wear tailcoats at concerts.tatoeba
    2代目 片岡芦燕Roen KATAOKA the Secondwiki
  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

燕支えんじ
dark-red pigment
燕脂えんじ
dark-red pigment
燕雀えんじゃく
small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)
燕巣えんそう
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
燕麦えんばく
oat (Avena sativa)
燕窩えんか
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
海燕うみつばめ
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
飛燕ひえん
swallow in flight
燕青拳えんせいけん
Yangqingquan
燕千鳥つばめちどり
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
燕尾鸛えんびこう
maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
虎燕拳こえんけん
Tiger Swallow Fist
燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやえんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや
only a hero can understand a hero

Additional Examples

3代目 片岡芦燕
Roen KATAOKA the Thirdwiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 燕

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