禽 qín birds
birds; fowl
怎么记住“禽”: 𠆢 roof shape + 离 leave = birds. When a camper steps out from under the roof shape of his hut beside the pond, the ducks and geese leave in a noisy cloud of birds.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound · 假借 borrowed for its sound
originally 今 + 𠦒
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
禽 = 𠆢 roof shape + 离 leave
- 𠆢 roof shape shape only
- 离 leave shape only
- 㐫 worn-down top
- 禸 animal track
When a camper steps out from under the roof shape of his hut beside the pond, the ducks and geese leave in a noisy cloud of birds.
How it came to be
The oldest form is a drawing of a net for catching; a sound part was added later, and the character was borrowed for birds.
用法
- Birds / fowl: 家禽 (jiāqín) poultry, 禽类 (qínlèi) birds, 禽流感 (qínliúgǎn) bird flu.
- 飞禽走兽 (fēiqín-zǒushòu) means birds and beasts (all wild creatures); 衣冠禽兽 (yīguān-qínshòu), a beast in fine clothes, means a moral degenerate in respectable guise.