燕 Strokes Write it Listen 燕 yàn lovebird, swallow HSK 7–9 16 strokes Radical 灬 Ideograph 1 word Built from廿niàntwenty, twentieth口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening北běinorth; northern; northward灬huǒfire How it worksA swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬.