niǎodiǎo

bird

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a bird.

Evolution

鸟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鸟 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鸟 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 鸟
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 5 characters (1 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 24.1711% of movies

1187th most common character in movies

1263rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

Unicode

U+9E1F


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