(niǎo) - bird in Mandarin
niǎoTraditional: 鳥
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
鸟
Examples
树。
There are two little birds in the tree.
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The birds fly freely in the sky.
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In the morning I was woken by the sound of birds.
羽毛。
The feathers of this kind of bird are very beautiful.
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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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