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.

• 鸟niǎo🔊

  bird

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 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

• 鸷zhì🔊

  fierce

  11 strokes

• 鸸ér🔊

  used in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2 miao2]

  11 strokes

• 鸹guā🔊

  used in 老鴰|老鸹[lao3 gua5]

  11 strokes

• 鸺xiū🔊

  used in 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiu1 liu2]

  11 strokes

• 鸻héng🔊

  plover

  11 strokes

• 鸼zhōu🔊

  used in 鶻鵃|鹘鸼[gu3 zhou1]

  11 strokes

• 鸽gē🔊

  pigeon; dove

  11 strokes

• 鸾luán🔊

  mythical bird related to phoenix

  11 strokes

• 鸿hóng🔊

  eastern bean goose

  11 strokes

• 𪉈cí🔊

  (a kind of waterbird)

  11 strokes

• 鹅é🔊

  goose

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 鹀wú🔊

  (bound form) bunting (bird of genus Emberiza)

  12 strokes

• 鹁bó🔊

  woodpidgeon

  12 strokes

• 鹂lí🔊

  Chinese oriole

  12 strokes

• 鹃juān🔊

  cuckoo

  12 strokes

• 鹄gǔ🔊

  center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)

  12 strokes

• 鹆yù🔊

  mynah

  12 strokes

• 鹇xián🔊

  silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus)

  12 strokes

• 鹈tí🔊

  used in 鵜鶘|鹈鹕[ti2 hu2]

  12 strokes

• 𫛭kuáng🔊

  buzzard (genus Buteo)

  12 strokes

• 𬷕bǔ🔊

  used in 地鵏|地𬷕[di4 bu3]

  12 strokes