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Kanji for Swallow
The kanji for “swallow” is 燕, read en and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
swallow
The swallow, which returns every spring.
16 strokes On reading エン (en) Kun reading つばめ、つばくら、つばくろ (tsubame, tsubakura, tsubakuro)
Dictionary meanings: swallow (bird)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: en
Names written with 燕: Gen 路燕 · Jen 路燕 · Coen 湖燕 · Enza 燕咲 · Enzo 燕奏 · Jenn 路燕 · Tien 天燕 · Angel 燕二恵瑠 · Endre 燕斗礼 · Ennio 燕仁雄 · Wendy 燕路 · Wenny 燕仁 and 22 more
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