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鶹
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鹠
🇨🇳

owl

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
liú
リュウ、ル
みみずく
Components
留 stay+ 鳥 bird =
鶹 owl
留 Phonetic component
liú stay
old variant of 留[liú]
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹠 / 鶹 [liú]
see 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiū​liú]
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)