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(niǎo) - bird in Mandarin

niǎo

Traditional: 鳥

Line drawing of 鸟
Coloured illustration of 鸟
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Translation

bird

Word origin

A pictograph that originally depicted a bird with its head, eye, wing and feet, simplified over time into the modern character 鸟.

Origin
pictograph
Root
鸟 (a drawing of a bird)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 鸟

Examples

shù

There are two little birds in the tree.

The birds fly freely in the sky.

In the morning I was woken by the sound of birds.

máo

The feathers of this kind of bird are very beautiful.

He likes to watch all kinds of birds.

鸟 (niǎo) means bird. It is one of the classic pictographic characters, drawn from the shape of a perched bird.

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This word is part of lesson 35.