Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 燕
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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 nord, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows |
Radicals
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火
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fire | (Also this radical 灬 stands for fire.) |
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廿
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twenty | |
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北
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north | (Two persons sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.) |
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灬
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fire | (Also this radical 火 stands for fire.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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