Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound.
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梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)鴯 swallow (alt) (trad)
Historical Evolution
鴞
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸮 / 鴞 [xiāo]
owl (order Strigiformes)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (34)
仓鸮 [cāngxiāo]
(bird species of China) barn owl (Tyto alba)
四川林鸮 [Sìchuānlínxiāo]
(bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
林雕鸮 [líndiāoxiāo]
(bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
栗鸮 [lìxiāo]
(bird species of China) oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)
横斑腹小鸮 [héngbānfùxiǎoxiāo]
(bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama)
毛脚渔鸮 [máojiǎoyúxiāo]
(bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
灰林鸮 [huīlínxiāo]
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
乌林鸮 [wūlínxiāo]
(bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
乌雕鸮 [wūdiāoxiāo]
(bird species of China) dusky eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus)
猛鸮 [měngxiāo]
(bird species of China) northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula)
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