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

  11 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

• 𱉵lái🔊

  used in 鶆䴈|𱉵𬸩[lai2 ao3]

  12 strokes

• 凫fú🔊

  mallard

  13 strokes

• 鸠jiū🔊

  turtledove

  13 strokes

• 鳫yàn🔊

  old variant of 雁[yan4]

  13 strokes

• 鳯fèng🔊

  variant of 鳳|凤[feng4]

  13 strokes

• 鹉wǔ🔊

  used in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1 wu3]

  13 strokes

• 鹊què🔊

  magpie

  13 strokes

• 鹋miáo🔊

  used in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2 miao2]

  13 strokes

• 鹌ān🔊

  used in 鵪鶉|鹌鹑[an1 chun2]

  13 strokes

• 鹍kūn🔊

  see 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]

  13 strokes

• 鹎bēi🔊

  the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds

  13 strokes

• 鹏Péng🔊

  Peng, large fabulous bird

  13 strokes

• 鹐qiān🔊

  (of a bird) to peck

  13 strokes

• 鹑chún🔊

  (bound form) quail

  13 strokes

• 鹒gēng🔊

  used in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1 geng1]

  13 strokes

• 鹓yuān🔊

  firebird (mythology)

  13 strokes

• 鹔sù🔊

  used in 鷫鸘|鹔鹴[su4 shuang1]

  13 strokes

• 鸣míng🔊

  to cry (of birds, animals and insects)

  14 strokes

• 凤fèng🔊

  phoenix

  14 strokes

• 鸤shī🔊

  turtledove

  14 strokes

• 鸢yuān🔊

  kite (small hawk)

  14 strokes

• 鹕hú🔊

  used in 鵜鶘|鹈鹕[ti2 hu2]

  14 strokes

• 鹖hé🔊

  crossbill

  14 strokes

• 鹗è🔊

  (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

  14 strokes

• 鹘gǔ🔊

  used in 鶻鵃|鹘鸼[gu3 zhou1]

  14 strokes

• 鹙qiū🔊

  see 鶖鷺|鹙鹭[qiu1 lu4]

  14 strokes