燕

燕
ya̅n = y + an1
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan
燕
yàn = y + an4
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]
燕 = 北 + 口 + 廿 + 灬 : Maud Younger (y) put a swallow (燕) on a grill (灬) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but before she did that she oriented the grill towards east using a compass rose (北). She also put a mandarin (口) in the swallow's mouth. Later she'll put the swallow in a flower pot (廿) when it is done.
燕
鷰
yàn = y + an4
variant of 燕[yan4]
燕 = 北 + 口 + 廿 + 灬 : Maud Younger (y) put a swallow (燕) on a grill (灬) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but before she did that she oriented the grill towards east using a compass rose (北). She also put a mandarin (口) in the swallow's mouth. Later she'll put the swallow in a flower pot (廿) when it is done.

燕 character breakdown

北
běi = b + ei3
north / (classical) to be defeated
北 = 丬 + 匕 : A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.
口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
廿
niàn = ni + an4
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
廿 = 卄 + 一 : This character looks like a flower pot.
廿 = 卄 + 一 : Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In anthill's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.
灬
huǒ = hu + o3
"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc
I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.

Characters with 燕 as component

咽
嚥
yàn = y + an4
to swallow
咽 = 口 + 因 : Maud Younger (y) and René Descartes (因) are preparing to swallow (咽) a whole mandarin each (口) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
宴
醼
yàn = y + an4
variant of 宴[yan4]
胭
臙
ya̅n = y + an1
variant of 胭[yan1]
嬿
yàn = y + an4
lovely
䜩
讌
yàn = y + an4
variant of 宴[yan4]
觾
yàn = y + an4
variant of 燕[yan4], swallow

Words with 燕

燕
燕
京
京
大
大
学
學
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
燕
燕
国
國
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
燕
太
子
丹
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
燕
燕
子
子
衔
銜
泥
泥
垒
壘
大
大
窝
窩
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
燕
尾
蝶
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
燕
山
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
燕
巢
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
燕
燕
巢
巢
乡
鄉
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
燕
梳
(dialect) insurance (loanword)
燕
科
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)

Sentences with 燕

燕 currently does not appear in any sentence.