Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.
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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
鹞
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹞 / 鷂 [yào]
sparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
Japanese
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
乌灰鹞 [wūhuīyào]
(bird species of China) Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
白尾鹞 [báiwěiyào]
(bird species of China) hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
白腹鹞 [báifùyào]
(bird species of China) eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus)
白头鹞 [báitóuyào]
(bird species of China) Eurasian marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
纸鹞 [zhǐyào]
kite
草原鹞 [cǎoyuányào]
(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
鹊鹞 [quèyào]
(bird species of China) pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
鹞鲼 [yàofèn]
bonnet skate (zoology)