鸟/鳥 niǎo — bird

拼音

• niǎo (third tone, dipping)

bird

字形拆解

• 鸟shape partA single pictograph, and a radical in its own right: crest and eye above, body below, and in the traditional 鳥 four dots for the tail feathers.

Mnemonic

A bird seen from the side: the crest and the eye at the top, the body beneath, and in the traditional 鳥 four dots for the tail. The simplified 鸟 keeps the eye as a single dot and folds the rest into five strokes. It heads the birds — 鸡 a chicken, 鸭 a duck — and it is worth writing next to 马, which it now closely resembles: the dot on top is what separates them.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

含“鸟”的词

• 鸟/鳥niǎo (third tone, dipping)有羽毛、会飞的动物