鸟 niǎo bird
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form is a bird with a hanging tail; the simplified form comes from the cursive way of writing it.
用法
- Bird, the general word: 一只鸟 (yì zhī niǎo) a bird (measure word 只).
- A radical in many bird names: 鸡 (jī) chicken, 鸭 (yā) duck all share the phonetic-plus-鸟 pattern.
- 鸟巢 (niǎocháo) 'Bird's Nest' is also the nickname of Beijing's Olympic stadium.
含“鸟”的汉字
含“鸟”的词语
例句
- 它是一只鸟。 Tā shì yì zhī niǎo.That's a bird.