bird

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a bird in oracle-bone and seal script, depicting the head, wings, and tail of a bird. It serves as the primary radical for words related to birds and winged creatures.

Mnemonic: Shape resembles a bird viewed from above, with its head and two wings spread out to the sides.

• 鹚cí🔊

  variant of 鶿|鹚[ci2]

  14 strokes

• 鹛méi🔊

  babbler (bird)

  14 strokes

• 鹜wù🔊

  duck

  14 strokes

• 𫛶chì🔊

  used in 鸂鶒|㶉𫛶[xi1 chi4]

  14 strokes

• 𬸚yuè🔊

  used in 鸑鷟|𬸚𬸦[yue4 zhuo2]

  14 strokes

• 鹤hè🔊

  crane

  15 strokes

• 䴓shī🔊

  nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta)

  15 strokes

• 鴄pī🔊

  wild duck

  15 strokes

• 鸩zhèn🔊

  legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison

  15 strokes

• 鸨bǎo🔊

  Chinese bustard

  15 strokes

• 鸦yā🔊

  crow

  15 strokes

• 𫛡fú🔊

  used in 鵖鴔|𱉝𫛡[bi1 fu2]

  15 strokes

• 鹝yì🔊

  pheasant

  15 strokes

• 鹞yào🔊

  sparrow hawk

  15 strokes

• 鹟wēng🔊

  flycatcher (bird)

  15 strokes

• 鹠liú🔊

  used in 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiu1 liu2]

  15 strokes

• 鹡jí🔊

  used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2 ling2]

  15 strokes

• 鹢yì🔊

  a kind of aquatic bird

  15 strokes

• 鹣jiān🔊

  mythical bird with one eye and one wing

  15 strokes

• 𬸣xiān🔊

  (literary) (adjective) (of birds) flying; soaring

  15 strokes

• 鸭yā🔊

  duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

  16 strokes

• 鸰líng🔊

  used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2 ling2]

  16 strokes

• 鸵tuó🔊

  ostrich

  16 strokes

• 鸳yuān🔊

  mandarin duck

  16 strokes

• 鸲qú🔊

  (bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)

  16 strokes

• 鸮xiāo🔊

  owl (order Strigiformes)

  16 strokes

• 鸱chī🔊

  scops owl

  16 strokes

• 鸪gū🔊

  partridge

  16 strokes

• 鸯yāng🔊

  used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]

  16 strokes

• 鴪yù🔊

  old variant of 鴥[yu4]

  16 strokes

• 𱉝bī🔊

  used in 鵖鴔|𱉝𫛡[bi1 fu2]

  16 strokes

• 鹥yī🔊

  wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck)

  16 strokes

• 鹦yīng🔊

  (bound form) parrot

  16 strokes

• 鹧zhè🔊

  partridge

  16 strokes

• 鹨liù🔊

  pipit (genus Anthus)

  16 strokes

• 𬸦zhuó🔊

  used in 鸑鷟|𬸚𬸦[yue4 zhuo2]

  16 strokes

• 䴔jiāo🔊

  a kind of aquatic bird

  17 strokes

• 䴕liè🔊

  woodpecker

  17 strokes

• 鹩liáo🔊

  eastern wren

  17 strokes

• 鹪jiāo🔊

  eastern wren

  17 strokes

• 鹫jiù🔊

  vulture

  17 strokes

• 鹬yù🔊

  common snipe

  17 strokes

• 𬸩ǎo🔊

  used in 鶆䴈|𱉵𬸩[lai2 ao3]

  17 strokes

• 𬸪fán🔊

  water-hen

  17 strokes

• 鹰yīng🔊

  general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

  HSK 7

  18 strokes

• 䳗é🔊

  variant of 鵝|鹅[e2]

  18 strokes

• 鹭lù🔊

  heron

  18 strokes

• 鹮huán🔊

  spoonbill

  18 strokes