U+71D5 "燕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+71D5 "燕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex logogram representing a swallow bird, with its earliest attested form found in ancient Chinese oracle bone script as a pictograph depicting the bird's distinctive forked tail and outstretched wings. In modern usage, this character carries multiple layers of meaning, most commonly referring to the swallow itself, a bird traditionally associated with spring, good fortune, and familial fidelity in East Asian cultures. Additionally, "燕" serves as a historical place name, notably for the ancient State of Yan during the Zhou Dynasty, and appears in personal names, poetic references, and cultural idioms, such as the phrase "燕雀安知鸿鹄之志" meaning "How can a swallow know the ambitions of a swan?" This character is classified under the Kangxi radical 86 (火, fire) due to its lower component resembling flames, and it is widely used across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written languages, often with slight regional variations in stroke order and pronunciat
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
燕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
燕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE7 0x87 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x71D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000071D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u71d5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
BF50 |
| kCCCII |
214A28 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-713A |
| kCNS1992 |
1-713A |
| kCangjie |
TLPF |
| kCantonese |
jin3 |
| kCihaiT |
859.201 |
| kCowles |
1340 1347 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1095.130 |
| kDefinition |
swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy |
| kEACC |
214A28 |
| kFanqie |
烏前 於甸 |
| kFenn |
321D |
| kFennIndex |
622.04 627.04 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4433.1 |
| kGB0 |
4964 |
| kGB1 |
4964 |
| kGradeLevel |
1 |
| kGSR |
0243a |
| kHangul |
연:0E |
| kHanYu |
32239.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
yàn(59) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
32239.060:yàn,yān |
| kHKGlyph |
2428 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1095.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
32239.060 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0683.160 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5160 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-BF50 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-316D |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-F8F1 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6658 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-713A |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-5E40 |
| kJapanese |
エン つばめ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:3319 |
| kJapaneseKun |
TSUBAME |
| kJapaneseOn |
EN |
| kJis0 |
1777 |
| kKangXi |
0683.160 |
| kKarlgren |
245 |
| kKorean |
YEN |
| kLau |
3465 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
3601 |
| kMandarin |
yàn |
| kMatthews |
7399 |
| kMeyerWempe |
886 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ016637 MJ016637:E0101 MJ058005:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
19429 19429:E0101 |
| kNelson |
4070 |
| kPhonetic |
1573 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1295+86.4.12 |
| kRSUnicode |
86.12 |
| kSBGY |
134.09 408.21 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
403.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yàn粵jin3 yān粵jin1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant |
U+9DF0<kSMSZD2003Index:T |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
3601 |
| kTang |
*qen *qèn |
| kTGHZ2013 |
421.180:yān 424.200:yàn |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
én |
| kXerox |
250:060 |
| kXHC1983 |
1322.100:yān 1331.140:yàn |