Memory phrase for the character: 燕

燕

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Meaning swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)

Pronunciation

yān, yàn

Explanation

From top: twenty 廿, north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth 口, fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
In (groups of) twenty they come from the north, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
廿 twenty
北 northTwo persons sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

燕子 yàn zi  swallow
燕麦 yàn mài  oats
燕山 Yān shān  Yan mountain range across north Hebei
胡燕妮 Hú Yān nī  Jenny Hu
燕雀乌鹊 yàn què wū què  lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry; a bunch of nobodies
燕雀乌鹊 yàn què wū què  

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