Memory phrase for the Kanji: 燕

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swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)

yān, yàn

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

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

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

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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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