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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
燕 (Kangxi radical 86, 火 +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中心火 (TLPF ), four-corner 44331 , composition ⿳廿 ⿴北 口 灬 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 683 , character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19429
Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2239, character 6
Unihan data for U+71D5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
燕
*qeːn, *qeːns
驠
*qeːn, *qeːns
嬿
*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
鷰
*qeːns
醼
*qeːns
讌
*qeːns
嚥
*qeːns
酀
*qeːns
Pictogram (象形 ) – a swallow.
Etymology 1
Possibly related to 鳦 (OC *qriːd, *qrid ) (Wang, 1982 ). Some have connected it with 咽 (OC *qiːns , “to swallow”), but it is unlikely to be related (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Note :
jin3 - “swallow”;
jin3-2 - “shuttlecock”.
Note :
yen4 - “swallow”;
yen1 - “shuttlecock”.
Note :
ìⁿ - vernacular;
iàn - literary.
Note :
in3 - vernacular;
iang3/iêng3 - literary (iêng3 - Chaozhou).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
燕
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
yàn
Middle Chinese
‹ ʔenH ›
Old Chinese
/*ʔˁe-s/
English
swallow (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
燕
Reading #
2/2
No.
14443
Phonetic component
燕
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
宴
Old Chinese
/*qeːns/
Definitions
燕
swallow (family Hirundinidae ) or swift (family Apodidae )
( dialectal ) shuttlecock used in jianzi
Alternative form: 毽
Usage notes
To distinguish the two families of birds, swifts are also called 雨燕 ( yǔyàn ) .
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
燕子 (“swallow (bird)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
燕 , 玄鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
燕子
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
小燕兒 , 燕子
Taiwan
燕子
Harbin
燕子
Singapore
燕子
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
燕子
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
燕兒
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
燕子 , 小燕兒
Wanrong
燕兒
Xi'an
燕子 , 小燕子 , 燕兒 , 小燕兒
Xuzhou
小燕兒 , 小燕子 , 燕子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
燕雞子 , 燕雞兒 , 燕雞雞
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
燕嘰子
Ürümqi
燕雞子
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
燕子
Wuhan
燕子
Guiyang
燕子
Liuzhou
燕子 , 燕子鳥
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
燕子 , 小燕子
Yangzhou
燕子
Hefei
燕子 , 小燕子
Cantonese
Guangzhou
燕子
Hong Kong
燕子
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
燕子
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
燕子
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
燕仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
燕子
Macau
燕
Guangzhou (Panyu)
燕子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
燕子
Guangzhou (Conghua)
燕子仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
燕子
Foshan
燕子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
燕
Foshan (Shunde)
燕
Foshan (Sanshui)
燕子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
燕
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
燕
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
燕子
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
燕子
Zhuhai (Doumen)
燕子
Jiangmen (Baisha)
燕子
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
燕子
Taishan
燕子
Kaiping (Chikan)
燕子
Enping (Niujiang)
燕子
Heshan (Yayao)
燕子
Dongguan
燕仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
燕仔
Yangjiang
燕子 , 燕雀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
燕子
Gan
Nanchang
燕子
Lichuan
燕兒
Pingxiang
燕子
Hakka
Meixian
燕仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
燕
Dongguan (Qingxi)
燕仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
燕仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
燕仔
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
燕仔
Yudu
燕子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
燕仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
燕仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
燕仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
燕
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
燕仔 , 燕
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
燕
Hong Kong
燕仔
Senai (Huiyang)
燕仔
Huizhou
Jixi
燕
Jin
Taiyuan
燕子 , 小燕兒 , 燕兒
Xinzhou
燕兒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
燕仔
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
燕 , 燕鳥
Southern Min
Xiamen
燕仔
Quanzhou
燕仔
Jinjiang
燕仔
Zhangzhou
燕仔
Zhao'an
燕仔
Taipei
燕仔
New Taipei (Sanxia)
燕仔
Kaohsiung
燕仔
Yilan
燕仔鳥
Changhua (Lukang)
燕仔
Taichung
燕仔
Tainan
燕仔
Hsinchu
燕仔
Kinmen
烏燕仔
Penghu (Magong)
燕仔
Chaozhou
燕鳥
Jieyang
燕鳥 , 燕
Bangkok (Teochew)
燕子
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
燕鳥
Leizhou
燕鳥
Haikou
燕鳥
Puxian Min
Putian
燕鳥
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
燕鳥
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
燕鳥
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
燕鳥
Xianyou
燕鳥
Xianyou (Fengting)
燕鳥
Xianyou (Youyang)
燕鳥
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
燕鳥
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
燕子
Wu
Shanghai
燕子
Shanghai (Chongming)
燕子
Suzhou
燕子
Danyang
燕子
Hangzhou
燕子
Ningbo
燕子
Wenzhou
燕兒
Jinhua
燕 , 子燕
Xiang
Changsha
燕子
Loudi
燕子
Shuangfeng
燕子
Dialectal synonyms of
毽子 (“shuttlecock used in jianzi”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
毽子
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
毽子 , 毽兒
Taiwan
毽子
Chengde
毽子 , 毽兒
Chifeng
毽子 , 毽兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
毽兒
Heihe
毽子
Qiqihar
毽子
Harbin
毽子
Jiamusi
毽兒
Baicheng
毽子 , 毽兒
Changchun
毽兒
Tonghua
毽子
Shenyang
毽子 , 毽球兒
Jinzhou
毽子 , 毽兒
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
翹兒
Tangshan
毽兒
Cangzhou
毽子 , 毽兒
Baoding
毽兒
Shijiazhuang
毽兒
Jinan
毽子
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
毽兒
Dandong
毽子 , 毽兒
Yantai
毽兒
Yantai (Muping)
毽兒
Qingdao
毽兒
Zhucheng
毽子
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
毽兒
Lingbao
毽子
Jining
毽子
Wanrong
毽子
Linfen
雞毛毽子
Shangqiu
毽子 , 毽兒
Yuanyang
毽兒
Zhengzhou
毽兒
Xinyang
毽子
Baihe
毽兒
Xi'an
毽子
Baoji
毽子
Tianshui
毽子
Xining
毽子
Xuzhou
毛毽兒 , 毽子
Fuyang
毽子
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
毽子
Lanzhou
毽子
Dunhuang
毽子
Hami
毽子
Ürümqi
毽子
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
毽兒 , 雞毛毽兒
Nanchong
毽子
Dazhou
毽兒
Hanyuan
毽子
Xichang
毽兒
Zigong
毽兒
Chongqing
毽兒
Wuhan
毽垛 , 毽兜
Yichang
毽子 , 毽兜
Xiangyang
毽 , 毽兜兒
Tianmen
毽子
Guiyang
毽 , 毽子
Zunyi
毽子 , 毽兒
Bijie
毽子
Liping
毽子
Zhaotong
毽子
Dali
毽子
Kunming
毽子
Mengzi
雞毛毽兒
Guilin
燕子
Liuzhou
毽子
Jishou
燕兒
Changde
毽兒
Hanzhong
毽子 , 毽
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
毽子 , 毽兒
Yangzhou
毽子
Lianyungang
毽子
Lianshui
毽子
Nantong
毽子
Anqing
毽子
Wuhu
毽子
Hefei
毽子
Hong'an
毽
Cantonese
Guangzhou
燕
Hong Kong
燕
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
燕
Macau
燕
Guangzhou (Panyu)
燕
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
燕
Guangzhou (Conghua)
燕
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
燕
Foshan
燕
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
燕
Foshan (Shunde)
燕
Foshan (Sanshui)
燕
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
燕子
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
燕
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
燕
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
燕
Zhuhai (Doumen)
燕子
Jiangmen (Baisha)
皮燕
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
燕子
Taishan
雞毛燕
Kaiping (Chikan)
雞毛燕
Enping (Niujiang)
雞毛燕
Heshan (Yayao)
燕子
Dongguan
燕
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
燕
Gan
Nanchang
燕子
Lichuan
燕兒
Pingxiang
燕坨
Hakka
Meixian
燕仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
燕
Dongguan (Qingxi)
燕仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
燕仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
燕
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
雞毛燕
Yudu
燕子
Huizhou
Jixi
毽
Shexian
毽
Jin
Taiyuan
毽子
Yangyuan
毽子 , 毽兒
Datong
毛兒
Xinzhou
毛兒
Lüliang (Lishi)
毽毽
Changzhi
毽子
Linhe
毛兒毽子
Jining
毽子
Hohhot
毽子
Erenhot
毽子
Pingshan
毽子 , 毽兒
Zhangjiakou
毽子
Handan
毽子
Linzhou
毽兒
Suide
毽子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
球
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
毽
Southern Min
Xiamen
毽
Tainan
毽子
Shantou
毽
Haikou
毽子
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
燕
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
燕子
Wu
Shanghai
毽子
Shanghai (Chongming)
毽子
Suzhou
毽子
Danyang
毽子
Hangzhou
毽子
Ningbo
燕子
Wenzhou
毽子
Jinhua
毽兒 , 球
Xiang
Changsha
燕子 , 毽子
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Note :
iang1 - Shantou;
iêng3 - Chaozhou.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
燕
Reading #
1/2
No.
14440
Phonetic component
燕
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
煙
Old Chinese
/*qeːn/
Definitions
燕
( historical ) Yan , an ancient march , duchy , and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty
( historical ) the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms
northern Hebei
a surname
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
燕
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
yàn
Middle Chinese
‹ ʔenH ›
Old Chinese
/*ʔˁe-s/
English
feast
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
燕
Reading #
2/2
No.
14443
Phonetic component
燕
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
宴
Old Chinese
/*qeːns/
Definitions
燕
( obsolete ) Alternative form of 宴 ( yàn , “ to feast ” )
Japanese
Kanji
燕
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
swallow
Readings
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
燕( つばくらめ ) • (tsubakurame )
a swallow ( bird )
c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 11)
石上( いそのかみ ) の( の ) 中納言( ちゅうなごん ) には、燕( つばくらめ ) の持( も ) たる子安( こやす ) のかい、ひとつ取( と ) りて賜( たま ) へIsonokami no chūnagon niwa, tsubakurame no motaru koyasu nokai, hitotsu torite tamahe To the Isonokami Counselor please obtain a cowrie shell which is possessed by a swallow .
Etymology 2
ツバメ on Japanese Wikipedia
Wikispecies
Pronunciation
Noun
燕( つばめ ) or 燕( ツバメ ) • (tsubame )
a barn swallow
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana , especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ツバメ .
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Proper noun
燕( つばめ ) • (Tsubame )
Tsubame (a city in Niigata Prefecture , Japan )
References
Horiuchi, Hideaki with Ken Akiyama (1997 ) Taketori Monogatari , Ise Monogatari , Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten , →ISBN
Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938 ) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto : Rinsen, published 1968 , →ISBN .
“燕 ”, in 漢字ぺディア (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation , 2015–2024
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
燕 (eum 연 ( yeon ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
燕 : Hán Nôm readings: yến , én , yên , nhạn , hiên
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