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燕 means 'swallow'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2501   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-5    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 50 words   Used in 71 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   エン
Kun
   つばめ swallow
Additional readings
Kun    つばくら   つばくろ
Components
⿳  廿 twenty; 20  ⿴  北 north  口 mouth  灬 (火) fire  
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Most useful words by reading
燕 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 燕 is used 47 times, read 3 ways.
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エン : 20 words FIND ALL
noun
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)  (see also: ツバメの巣; often written with kana only)
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つばめ : 25 words FIND ALL
う み つ ば め 3
noun
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)  (often written with kana only)
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つばくろ : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional エン less common words include 燕 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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燕
エン   つばめ swallow   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
北
ホク   きた north   
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匕
さじ spoon   
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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灬
fire
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