Wiktionary

燕

See also: 鷰
燕 U+71D5, 燕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D5
← 燔
[U+71D4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 燖 →
[U+71D6]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

燕 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中心火 (TLPF), four-corner 44331, composition ⿳廿⿴北口灬)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad. 燕
simp. # 燕
2nd round simp. 𱍥
alternative forms 鷰／燕
觾

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 燕
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (燕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
燕 *qeːn, *qeːns
驠 *qeːn, *qeːns
嬿 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
鷰 *qeːns
醼 *qeːns
讌 *qeːns
嚥 *qeːns
酀 *qeːns

Pictogram (象形) – a swallow.

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly related to 鳦 (OC *qriːd, *qrid) (Wang, 1982). Some have connected it with 咽 (OC *qiːns, “to swallow”), but it is unlikely to be related (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit

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 燕
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 於甸切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 燕
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 燕
Reading # 2/2
No. 14443
Phonetic
component 		燕
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		宴
Old
Chinese 		/*qeːns/

Definitions edit

燕

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

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

Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 燕子 (“swallow (bird)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 燕, 玄鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 燕子
Mandarin Beijing 小燕兒, 燕子
Taiwan 燕子
Harbin 燕子
Yantai (Muping) 燕兒
Jinan 燕子
Luoyang 燕子, 小燕兒
Wanrong 燕兒
Xi'an 燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒
Yinchuan 燕嘰子
Ürümqi 燕雞子
Wuhan 燕子
Chengdu 燕子
Guiyang 燕子
Liuzhou 燕子, 燕子鳥
Xuzhou 小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子
Yangzhou 燕子
Nanjing 燕子, 小燕子
Hefei 燕子, 小燕子
Singapore 燕子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞
Cantonese Guangzhou 燕子
Hong Kong 燕子
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 燕子
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 燕子
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 燕仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 燕子
Macau 燕
Guangzhou (Panyu) 燕子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 燕子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 燕子仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 燕子
Foshan 燕子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 燕
Foshan (Shunde) 燕
Foshan (Sanshui) 燕子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 燕
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 燕
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 燕子
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 燕子
Zhuhai (Doumen) 燕子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 燕子
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 燕子
Taishan 燕子
Kaiping (Chikan) 燕子
Enping (Niujiang) 燕子
Heshan (Yayao) 燕子
Dongguan 燕仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 燕仔
Yangjiang 燕子, 燕雀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 燕子
Gan Nanchang 燕子
Lichuan 燕兒
Pingxiang 燕子
Hakka Meixian 燕仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 燕
Dongguan (Qingxi) 燕仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 燕仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 燕仔
Conghua (Lütian) 燕仔
Yudu 燕子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 燕仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 燕仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 燕仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 燕
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 燕仔, 燕
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 燕
Hong Kong 燕仔
Senai (Huiyang) 燕仔
Huizhou Jixi 燕
Jin Taiyuan 燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒
Xinzhou 燕兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 燕仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 燕, 燕鳥
Southern Min Xiamen 燕仔
Quanzhou 燕仔
Jinjiang 燕仔
Zhangzhou 燕仔
Zhao'an 燕仔
Taipei 燕仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 燕仔
Kaohsiung 燕仔
Yilan 燕仔鳥
Changhua (Lukang) 燕仔
Taichung 燕仔
Tainan 燕仔
Hsinchu 燕仔
Kinmen 烏燕仔
Penghu (Magong) 燕仔
Chaozhou 燕鳥
Jieyang 燕鳥, 燕
Bangkok (Teochew) 燕子
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 燕鳥
Leizhou 燕鳥
Haikou 燕鳥
Puxian Min Putian 燕鳥
Putian (Donghai) 燕鳥
Putian (Jiangkou) 燕鳥
Putian (Nanri) 燕鳥
Xianyou 燕鳥
Xianyou (Fengting) 燕鳥
Xianyou (Youyang) 燕鳥
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 燕鳥
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 燕子
Wu Shanghai 燕子
Shanghai (Chongming) 燕子
Suzhou 燕子
Danyang 燕子
Hangzhou 燕子
Ningbo 燕子
Wenzhou 燕兒
Jinhua 燕, 子燕
Xiang Changsha 燕子
Loudi 燕子
Shuangfeng 燕子
Dialectal synonyms of 毽子 (“shuttlecock used in jianzi”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 毽子
Mandarin Beijing 毽子, 毽兒
Taiwan 毽子
Tianjin 翹兒
Chengde 毽子, 毽兒
Tangshan 毽兒
Cangzhou 毽子, 毽兒
Baoding 毽兒
Shijiazhuang 毽兒
Chifeng 毽子, 毽兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 毽兒
Heihe 毽子
Qiqihar 毽子
Harbin 毽子
Jiamusi 毽兒
Baicheng 毽子, 毽兒
Changchun 毽兒
Tonghua 毽子
Shenyang 毽子, 毽球兒
Dandong 毽子, 毽兒
Jinzhou 毽子, 毽兒
Dalian 毽兒
Yantai 毽兒
Yantai (Muping) 毽兒
Qingdao 毽兒
Zhucheng 毽子
Jinan 毽子
Jining 毽子
Luoyang 毽兒
Wanrong 毽子
Shangqiu 毽子, 毽兒
Yuanyang 毽兒
Zhengzhou 毽兒
Lingbao 毽子
Xinyang 毽子
Baihe 毽兒
Hanzhong 毽子, 毽
Xi'an 毽子
Baoji 毽子
Yinchuan 毽子
Tianshui 毽子
Lanzhou 毽子
Dunhuang 毽子
Xining 毽子
Hami 毽子
Ürümqi 毽子
Wuhan 毽垛, 毽兜
Yichang 毽子, 毽兜
Xiangyang 毽, 毽兜兒
Tianmen 毽子
Hong'an 毽
Chengdu 毽兒, 雞毛毽兒
Nanchong 毽子
Dazhou 毽兒
Hanyuan 毽子
Xichang 毽兒
Zigong 毽兒
Chongqing 毽兒
Guiyang 毽, 毽子
Zunyi 毽子, 毽兒
Bijie 毽子
Liping 毽子
Zhaotong 毽子
Dali 毽子
Kunming 毽子
Mengzi 雞毛毽兒
Guilin 燕子
Liuzhou 毽子
Jishou 燕兒
Changde 毽兒
Anqing 毽子
Xuzhou 毛毽兒, 毽子
Fuyang 毽子
Wuhu 毽子
Yangzhou 毽子
Lianyungang 毽子
Lianshui 毽子
Nanjing 毽子, 毽兒
Hefei 毽子
Nantong 毽子
Cantonese Guangzhou 燕
Hong Kong 燕
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 燕
Macau 燕
Guangzhou (Panyu) 燕
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 燕
Guangzhou (Conghua) 燕
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 燕
Foshan 燕
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 燕
Foshan (Shunde) 燕
Foshan (Sanshui) 燕
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 燕子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 燕
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 燕
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 燕
Zhuhai (Doumen) 燕子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 皮燕
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 燕子
Taishan 雞毛燕
Kaiping (Chikan) 雞毛燕
Enping (Niujiang) 雞毛燕
Heshan (Yayao) 燕子
Dongguan 燕
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 燕
Gan Nanchang 燕子
Lichuan 燕兒
Pingxiang 燕坨
Hakka Meixian 燕仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 燕
Dongguan (Qingxi) 燕仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 燕仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 燕
Conghua (Lütian) 雞毛燕
Yudu 燕子
Huizhou Jixi 毽
Shexian 毽
Jin Taiyuan 毽子
Yangyuan 毽子, 毽兒
Datong 毛兒
Xinzhou 毛兒
Lishi 毽毽
Linfen 雞毛毽子
Changzhi 毽子
Linhe 毛兒毽子
Jining 毽子
Hohhot 毽子
Erenhot 毽子
Pingshan 毽子, 毽兒
Zhangjiakou 毽子
Handan 毽子
Linzhou 毽兒
Suide 毽子
Northern Min Jian'ou 球
Eastern Min Fuzhou 毽
Southern Min Xiamen 毽
Tainan 毽子
Shantou 毽
Haikou 毽子
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 燕
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 燕子
Wu Shanghai 毽子
Shanghai (Chongming) 毽子
Suzhou 毽子
Danyang 毽子
Hangzhou 毽子
Ningbo 燕子
Wenzhou 毽子
Jinhua 毽兒, 球
Xiang Changsha 燕子, 毽子

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

  • → Proto-Tai: *ʔeːnᴮ

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • iang1 - Shantou;
  • iêng3 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 燕
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 烏前切
    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 燕
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 14440
    Phonetic
    component         		燕
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		煙
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qeːn/

    Definitions edit

    燕

    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 edit

    Descendants edit

    Etymology 3 edit

    Pronunciation edit

    Rime
    Character 燕
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 於甸切
    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
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 燕
    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 燕
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 14443
    Phonetic
    component         		燕
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		宴
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qeːns/

    Definitions edit

    燕

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

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    燕

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. swallow

    Readings edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    燕
    つばくらめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    燕(つばくらめ) • (tsubakurame) 

    1. a swallow (bird)

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    燕
    つばめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
     ツバメ on Japanese Wikipedia
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    Wikispecies

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    燕(つばめ) or 燕(ツバメ) • (tsubame) 

    1. a barn swallow
    Usage notes edit

    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 edit

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    燕
    つばめ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
     
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    Pronunciation edit

    Proper noun edit

    燕(つばめ) • (Tsubame) 

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

    References edit

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

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    燕 (eum 연 (yeon))

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

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

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