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燕

燕 — yeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
제비 연
Romanization
yeon
English
swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
Mandarin
yàn
Japanese on'yomi
エン
Japanese kun'yomi
つばめ つばくら つばくろ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,147 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Variant forms
鷰
Radical
火 (86, 12 residual)
Unicode
U+71D5

Korean example words with 燕

  • 연침燕寢 Korean gloss: 왕이 평상시에 한가롭게 거처하던 궁궐
  • 연한하다燕閑 Korean gloss: 아무런 근심이나 걱정이 없고 몸과 마음이 한가하다
  • 연미복燕尾服 Korean gloss: 남자용 서양 예복. 보통 검은 나사로 만드는데, 가슴은 두 겹이고 단추는 셋이며, 저고리의 앞은 허리 아래가 없고 뒤는 두 갈
  • 춘연春燕 Korean gloss: 봄 제비.
  • 연족燕足 Korean gloss: 제비의 발.
  • 연미燕尾 Korean gloss: 제비의 꼬리.
  • 연추燕雛 Korean gloss: 제비의 새끼.
  • 연구燕口 Korean gloss: ‘연귀’의 원말.
  • 연암燕巖 Korean gloss: ‘박지원’의 호.
  • 연거燕居 Korean gloss: 한가하게 집에 있음.
  • 자연紫燕 Korean gloss: 보랏빛으로 보이는 제비.
  • 귀연歸燕 Korean gloss: 보금자리로 돌아가는 제비.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 燕

  • 燕つばめ swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
  • 燕雀えんじゃく small bird (like a swallow or sparrow); small-minded person; person lacking in character
  • 燕巣えんそう swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
  • 飛燕ひえん swallow in flight
  • 海燕うみつばめ storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
  • 雨燕あまつばめ swift (any bird of family Apodidae); fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
  • 岩燕いわつばめ Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
  • 紫燕むらさきつばめ powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus); purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
  • 燕窩えんか swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
  • 穴燕あなつばめ swiftlet
  • 燕子えんし swallow
  • 燕児えんじ swallow chick

Characters sharing the phonetic 燕

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “연” in Korean.

Other hanja read “연”

Other hanja with radical 火

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