Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 昔 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)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)
Chinese
鹊 / 鵲 [què]
magpie
Japanese
European magpie (Pica pica)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鵲 かささぎ
Kasasagi surname
CHINESE WORDS (22)
喜鹊 [xǐquè] #29,503
(bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
鹊桥 [quèqiáo] #51,736
magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
扁鹊 [BiǎnQuè] #41,857
秦越人[QínYuèrén] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huángdì] era
鹊巢鸠占 [quècháojiūzhàn] #66,969
the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
印支绿鹊 [YìnZhīlǜquè]
(bird species of China) Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca)
塔尾树鹊 [tǎwěishùquè]
(bird species of China) ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)
棕腹树鹊 [zōngfùshùquè]
(bird species of China) rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
灰喜鹊 [huīxǐquè]
(bird species of China) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
灰树鹊 [huīshùquè]
(bird species of China) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
燕雀乌鹊 [yànquèwūquè]
lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry
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