TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
燕
ㄧㄢˋ · yàn
noun — a swallow (the bird)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
廿形the swallow's head, drawn flat across the top
灬形the forked tail, worn to four dots
The whole bird traced in strokes: a flat head (廿) across the top, the body (口), wings thrown out to each side (北), and the forked tail worn down to four dots (灬). Put together they draw a swallow in flight. 燕子、燕窩.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
頭、身、張開的雙翅、開叉的尾——一隻燕子（燕）正掠過簷下。
Head, body, wings flung wide, the forked tail — a swallow (燕) cutting past the eaves.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)燕子— swallow (bird)常用
→燕窩— swallow's nest
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
鳥niǎothe general bird — 鳥 any bird in profile, 燕 the swallow drawn whole灬huǒthe four dots here — the swallow's forked tail, the same shape that elsewhere marks fire