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燕 kanji
swallow (bird)
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
エン
Kun readings
つばめつばくらつばくろ
Variant forms
鷰Words with 燕
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —燕雀small bird (like a swallow or sparrow); small-minded person; person lacking in character
- —燕巣swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
- —飛燕swallow in flight
- —燕窩swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
- —燕子swallow
- —燕児swallow chick
- —燕楽Ancient Chinese banquet music
- —後燕Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
- —燕青拳Yangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
- —虎燕拳Tiger Swallow Fist
- —燕尾服tailcoat
- —飛燕草rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
- —燕雀鴻鵠how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
- —魚目燕石imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value
- —燕然都護府Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
- —燕脂dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
- —燕支dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
- —燕麦oat (Avena sativa); oats
- —燕子swallow chick
- —燕楽merrymaking; partying