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The “鸟” component

niǎo · bird

Found in 77 indexed Chinese characters.

Characters containing 鸟

mallard

dǎo

island

xiāo

owl

niǎo

parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry

yīng

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

niǎo

delicate

jiū

turtledove

fowl

yuān

kite (small hawk)

míng

to cry (of birds, animals and insects)

ōu

common gull

crow

cāng

used in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1geng1]

bǎo

Chinese bustard

zhèn

legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison

partridge

dōng

thrush (bird of genus Turdus)

used in 鸕鶿|鸬鹚[lu2ci2]

duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

xiāo

owl (order Strigiformes)

yāng

mandarin duck

líng

used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2ling2]

chī

scops owl

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

yuān

mandarin duck

tuó

ostrich

heron

zhì

fierce

ér

used in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2miao2]

guā

used in 老鴰|老鸹[lao3gua5]

xiū

used in 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiu1liu2]

héng

plover

pigeon; dove

luán

mythical bird related to phoenix

鸿hóng

eastern bean goose

woodpidgeon

Chinese oriole

juān

cuckoo

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

é

goose

mynah

xián

silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus)

used in 鵜鶘|鹈鹕[ti2hu2]

used in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1wu3]

què

magpie

miáo

used in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2miao2]

ān

quail

kūn

large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic)

bēi

the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds

péng

Peng, large fabulous bird

chún

quail

gēng

used in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1geng1]

used in 鷫鸘|鹔鹴[su4 shuang1]

used in 鵜鶘|鹈鹕[ti2hu2]

è

(bird species of China) western osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

falcon

qiū

Chinese character

used in 鸕鶿|鸬鹚[lu2ci2]

méi

babbler (bird)

duck

liú

used in 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiu1liu2]

used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2ling2]

jiān

mythical bird with one eye and one wing

crane

yīng

used in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1wu3]

zhè

partridge

liù

pipit (genus Anthus)

liáo

eastern wren

jiāo

eastern wren

jiù

vulture

common snipe

heron

huán

spoonbill

yīng

eagle

(bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc

guàn

crane

shuāng

used in 鷫鸘|鹔鹴[su4 shuang1]