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燕 = 廿 + 北 + 口 + 灬

燕 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “swallow (bird)”. It is built from 廿 (twenty), 北 (north), 口 (mouth) and 灬 (fire). It appears as a component in 9 other characters in this index.

Keyword
swallow (bird)
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yàn
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
ласточка (птица)
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
燕 swallow

Decomposition

ids

  1. 廿 twenty
  2. 北 north
  3. 口 mouth
  4. 灬 fire

Characters that contain 燕

How to find 燕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “twenty” + “north” + “mouth”. 燕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 燕 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.