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鷹
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鹰
🇨🇳

hawk

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Birds
yīng
ヨウ、オウ
たか
응
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 bird+ 䧹 same =
鷹 hawk
鳥 Meaning component
bird
䧹 Phonetic component
yīng same
(same as U+9DF9 鷹) hawk
䧹 also serves as a meaning component.
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Notes
Similar Characters
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)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹰 / 鷹 [yīng]
eagle; falcon; hawk
Japanese
鷹 たか 、 タカ 同音
noun usually kana hawk; falcon
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その鳥は鷹の半分の大きさしかなかった。
The bird was half the size of a hawk.
Japanese Names
鷹 いん
In unclassified name
鷹 おう
Ou unclassified name
鷹 こうだか
Kōdaka surname
鷹 たか
Taka surname
鷹 たかさき
Takasaki surname
鷹 たかし
Takashi given name
鷹 よう
Yō given name
CHINESE WORDS (61)
老鹰 [lǎo​yīng] #6,498
(coll.) eagle
猫头鹰 [māo​tóu​yīng] #9,231
owl
猎鹰 [liè​yīng] #12,802
falcon
雄鹰 [xióng​yīng] #20,757
male eagle
秃鹰 [tū​yīng] #15,322
condor
夜鹰 [yè​yīng] #20,834
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
鹰潭 [Yīng​tán] #32,763
Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi
飞鹰 [fēi​yīng] #22,171
eagle
苍鹰 [cāng​yīng] #60,177
(bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
鹰潭市 [Yīng​tán​shì] #45,309
Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi
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JAPANESE WORDS (33)
鷹揚 [おうよう] #14,067
large-hearted
鷹匠 [たかじょう] #69,216
falconer
鷹狩り [たかがり] #73,973
falconry
夜鷹 [よたか] #75,799
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
鷹の爪 [たかのつめ] #78,409
Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)
能ある鷹は爪を隠す [のうあるたかはつめをかくす] #83,835
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve
禿鷹 [はげたか] #86,478
vulture
鵜の目鷹の目 [うのめたかのめ] #90,114
eyes of a predator
大鷹 [おおたか] #90,760
northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
小鷹 [こたか] #91,940
small hawk or falcon (used for hunting)
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