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鴟
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鸱
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owl

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
chī
シ
とび
치
Components
氐 ancient+ 鳥 bird =
鴟 owl
氐 Phonetic component
dī ancient
name of an ancient tribe
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
低 low坻 an islet底 bottom抵 resist柢 base牴 gore眡 blurred sight砥 a whetstone祗 look羝 ram胝 callous詆 condemn (trad)诋 slander (simp)邸 official residence骶 coccyx鸱 horned (simp)昏 dusk梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸱 / 鴟 [chī]
scops owl
Japanese
鳶 、 鴟 、 鵄 とび 、 とんび 、 トビ 、 トンビ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana black kite (Milvus migrans)
  2. abbrev. construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter
  3. abbrev. fire hook
  4. abbrev. reddish brown
  5. abbrev. Inverness cape
  6. filcher; sneak thief; pilferer
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
鸱枭 [chī​xiāo]
variant of 鴟鴞|鸱鸮[chī​xiāo]
鸱甍 [chī​méng]
a kind of ornament on the roof ridge
鸱鸮 [chī​xiāo]
owl
黑顶蛙口鸱 [hēi​dǐng​wā​kǒu​chī]
(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
鳶 [とび] #33,809
black kite (Milvus migrans)
夜鷹 [よたか] #75,799
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
木菟 [みみずく] #123,138
horned owl
鴟尾 [しび] #234,234
ornamental ridge-end tile
糞鳶 [くそとび] #257,408
common buzzard (Buteo buteo)