19 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

swallow

Kun'yomi
On'yomi
  • エン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

swallow
エン の.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
swallow (bird)
つばめ エン つばくら (Kentei Pre-1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
north
ホク きた ほっ (2nd, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing)
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References

Unicode hex code 56A5
JIS X 0208 1-51-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1015
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 923
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4545
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d16.2
Four corner code 6403.1