yuān

kite

Components
弋 sound component

  Sound component

  

to shoot

鸟 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鸢 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鸢 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鸢 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
鸢 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yuān

kite; Milvus species (various); kite (small hawk)

Most common words with 鸢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

kite (small hawk)

鸢尾

Iricdaceae, the iris family

纸鸢

kite

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4922nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+9E22


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