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鵂
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鸺
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horned owl

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
xiū
キュウ、ク
みみずく
Components
休 rest+ 鳥 bird =
鵂 horned owl
休 Phonetic component
xiū rest
rest, stop
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
咻 shout (iii)庥 shelter貅 fierce髹 red lacquer鸺 horned (simp)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)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸺 / 鵂 [xiū]
owl
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
斑头鸺鹠 [bān​tóu​xiū​liú]
(bird species of China) Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
领鸺鹠 [lǐng​xiū​liú]
(bird species of China) collared owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)
鸺鹠 [xiū​liú]
collared owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
木菟 [みみずく] #123,138
horned owl