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U+71D5, 燕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 86, +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中心火 (TLPF), four-corner 44331, composition 廿)

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

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. 𱍥
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a swallow.

Etymology 1

Possibly related to (OC *qriːd, *qrid) (Wang, 1982). Some have connected it with (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).

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (34)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter 'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong
/ʔenH/
Wang
Li
/ienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 2/2
No. 14443
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeːns/

Definitions

  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae) or swift (family Apodidae)
  2. (dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi
    Alternative form:
Usage notes

To distinguish the two families of birds, swifts are also called 雨燕 (yǔyàn).

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Tai: *ʔeːnᴮ

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.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'en
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔen/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔen/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔɛn/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔen/
    Wang
    Li
    /ien/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔien/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jin1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 14440
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qeːn/

    Definitions

    1. (historical) Yan, an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty
    2. (historical) the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms
    3. northern Hebei
    4. a surname

    Compounds

    Descendants

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'enH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔɛnH/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔenH/
    Wang
    Li
    /ienH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jin3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 14443
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qeːns/

    Definitions

    1. (obsolete) Alternative form of (yàn, to feast)

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. swallow

    Readings

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    つばくらめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (つばくらめ) (tsubakurame

    1. a swallow (bird)

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    つばめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
     ツバメ on Japanese Wikipedia
    Wikispecies has information on:

    Wikispecies

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (つばめ) or (ツバメ) (tsubame

    1. 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

    Kanji in this term
    つばめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    (つばめ) (Tsubame

    1. Tsubame (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 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
    3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eum (yeon))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: yến, én, yên, nhạn, hiên

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