ōu
seagull
Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷗.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 鸥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus) | ||
common gull | ||
(bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9771% of movies
3254th most common character in movies
3371st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9E25 |
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