niǎo, diǎo
bird
Pictograph of a bird.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 鳥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
bird | ||
bird | ||
penis (kiddie term) | ||
birds | ||
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) |
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤiwʔ | tewX | niǎo | bird |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 24.1711% of movies
1187th most common character in movies
1263rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9CE5 |
Shuowen | “鳥,長尾禽緫名也。象形,鳥之足似匕,从匕。” |
Sources
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