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.

• 鸡jī🔊

  fowl

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 鸠jiū🔊

  turtledove

  7 strokes

• 鸢yuān🔊

  kite (small hawk)

  8 strokes

• 鸤shī🔊

  turtledove

  8 strokes

• 凫fú🔊

  mallard

  9 strokes

• 鸥ōu🔊

  common gull

  9 strokes

• 鸦yā🔊

  crow

  9 strokes

• 鸧cāng🔊

  used in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1 geng1]

  9 strokes

• 鸨bǎo🔊

  Chinese bustard

  9 strokes

• 鸩zhèn🔊

  legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison

  9 strokes

• 鸭yā🔊

  duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

  10 strokes

• 鸪gū🔊

  partridge

  10 strokes

• 鸫dōng🔊

  thrush (bird of genus Turdus)

  10 strokes

• 鸬lú🔊

  used in 鸕鶿|鸬鹚[lu2 ci2]

  10 strokes

• 鸮xiāo🔊

  owl (order Strigiformes)

  10 strokes

• 鸯yāng🔊

  used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]

  10 strokes

• 鸰líng🔊

  used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2 ling2]

  10 strokes

• 鸱chī🔊

  scops owl

  10 strokes

• 鸲qú🔊

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

  10 strokes

• 鸳yuān🔊

  mandarin duck

  10 strokes

• 鸴xué🔊

  various species of finch (old)

  10 strokes

• 鸵tuó🔊

  ostrich

  10 strokes

• 鸶sī🔊

  heron

  10 strokes

• 𫛡fú🔊

  used in 鵖鴔|𱉝𫛡[bi1 fu2]

  10 strokes

• 𬸅chú🔊

  variant of 雛|雏[chu2]

  10 strokes

• 𱉝bī🔊

  used in 鵖鴔|𱉝𫛡[bi1 fu2]

  10 strokes