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U+71D5, 燕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D5

[U+71D4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+71D6]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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

Glyph origin

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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

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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

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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[n]-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. *[t] 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

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  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae) or swift (family Apodidae)
  2. (dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi
    Alternative form:
Usage notes
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To distinguish the two families of birds, swifts are also called 雨燕 (yǔyàn).

Synonyms
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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Tai: *ʔeːnᴮ

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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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

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    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

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    Descendants

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    Etymology 3

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    Pronunciation

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    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[n]-s/
    English feast

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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

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

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. swallow

    Readings

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    Etymology 1

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    (つばくらめ) (tsubakurame

    1. a swallow (bird)

    Etymology 2

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

    Wikispecies

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    (つばめ) or (ツバメ) (tsubame

    1. a barn swallow
    Usage notes
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    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
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    Etymology 3

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

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    (つばめ) (Tsubame

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

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
    3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (eum (yeon))

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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

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