niǎodiǎo

bird

Pictograph of a bird.

Evolution

鳥 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鳥 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鳥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鳥 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鳥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

niǎo

bird; KangXi radical 196; CL:|[zhī],[qún]; (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddam

() 

diǎo

variant of [diǎo]; penis

Most common words with 鳥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bird

鸟儿

bird

小鸟

penis (kiddie term)

鸟类

birds

雷鸟

capercaillie (Lagopus, several species)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (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。”


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