niǎo, diǎo
bird
Pictograph of a bird.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 鳥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
bird | ||
bird | ||
penis (kiddie term) | ||
birds | ||
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) |
Component uses
Meaning component in 77 characters (9 verified)
鳳 鷹 鴨 焉 鶴 鶯 鵲 鷦 鷿 鳴 鵰 鴻 鵬 鵝 鴉 鴈 鴿 鵑 鷗 鳩 鸚 鵡 鴛 梟 鴦 鷂 鵠 鴕 鶉 鷲 鷺 鸕 鶚 鵪 鶻 鷸 鳶 鴇 鴣 鶩 鷀 鴆 鴰 鳧 鶘 鷓 鷙 鷯 鵒 鸝 鴟 鵓 鶇 鵜 鵂 䴉 鴯 鶼 鶓 鴞 鴴 鵯 鴒 鶺 鵾 鴂 鶊 鶖 鶬 鶹 鴔 鷄 鷈 鷉 鷫 鸊 鸘
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤiwʔ | tewX | niǎo | bird |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 24.1711% of movies
1187th most common character in movies
1263rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9CE5 |
Shuowen | “鳥，長尾禽緫名也。象形，鳥之足似匕，从匕。” |
Sources
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