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鸡
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chicken, fowl
jī Left: Once again 又 (shows a hand), right: bird 鸟 (simplified from 鳥 with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬)
(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched.) You have your hand at this bird: the chicken. |
又
鳥
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鸟
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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bird
niǎo
Simplified from 鳥 which is the image of a bird with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬 |
鳥
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鸭
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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duck, male prostitute (slang)
yā Left: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田), right: bird 鸟/鳥 (= with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬))
Hard as an armor is (the beak) of this bird: The duck. |
甲
鳥
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岛
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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island
dǎo Top: variation of bird 鸟 (=鳥 a bird with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬), bottom: mountain 山 (cf. islet 屿)
What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: It's an island. |
鳥
山
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屿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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islet
yǔ Left: mountain 山, right: and/together 与 (arabic five 5 and one 一 is "and"-connection), here: Variation of island 岛 (= mountain 山, which only a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach)
The mountain which only a simplified bird can reach, get is an islet. (In comparison to island 岛, the bird has only space at the side of the mountain.) |
山
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鳥
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鸦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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crow, raven
yā Left: tusk 牙, right: bird 鸟/鳥 (bird with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬)
(It has a big beak.) A 'tusk' at this bird: The crow. |
牙
鳥
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鸣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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twitter, to cry (of birds), resonance
míng Left: mouth 口, right: bird 鸟/鳥 (pictogram of a bird with claws 灬)
The mouth of the bird is twittering. |
口
鳥
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鸽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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pigeon, dove
gē Left: to fit (here: to adapt) 合 (The lid  on a pot 口), right: bird 鸟/鳥
It can adapt: This bird is: the pigeon. |
合
鳥
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捣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to smash, crush, destroy, attack, stir
dǎo Left: hand 扌, right: island 岛 (What (only) a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach, with a mountain 山 is an island.)
If a hand hits on a bird in a mountain-like way, it will be smashed. |
扌
鳥
山
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乌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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black, dark, crow, abbr. for Ukraine 乌克兰
wū Variation of bird 鸟/鳥 (without eye)
At the bird 鸟 you can't see the eye 丶 because it is a dark. (or is it a crow?) |
丿
鳥
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鹅
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JLPT no HSK |
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goose
é Left: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself), right: bird 鸟/鳥 [cf. chicken 鸡=you have your hand 又 on this bird 鸟]
(You have them as domestic livestock) My bird is the: goose. |
我
鳥
手
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鸿
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eastern bean goose, great, letter/mail
hóng Left: big river 江 (= The water 氵where it is built 工), right: bird 鸟/鳥
At the big river is this bird: the large bean goose. |
氵
工
鳥
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鹏
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Péng, large fabulous bird, roc
péng Left: friends 朋 (The two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.), right: bird 鸟
It can hunt two bodies (at the same time) This bird is the: Roc/Péng |
朋
鳥
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鹰
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eagle, falcon, hawk
yīng Left: building 广, right: person 亻, bird 隹, bird 鸟
Above the building and (big as) a person is the bird that kills other birds: the eagle. |
广
隹
鳥
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莺
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oriole or warblers
yīng Top: grass 艹, below: cover 冖 and bird 鸟/鳥
In the grass are covered these birds: the oriole or warbler. |
艹
冖
鳥
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鹃
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cuckoo
juān Left: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉), right: bird 鸟/鳥
(Cuckoo chicks grow very fast in foreign nests.) A head/beak 口 between bodies 月: This bird is a: cuckoo. |
肙
鳥
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焉
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where, how
yān Top: correct 正, bottom: vari of bird 鳥 (without head)
Is it correct, that the bird has no head: How? Where? |
正
鳥
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坞
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dock, entrenchment, bank, low wall
wù Left: earth 土, right: bird 乌 (variation of bird 鸟/烏)
On the earth is a eye-less bird sitting on: the dock. |
土
鳥
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呜
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onomat. for humming or whimpering
wū Left: mouth 口, right: crow, rook 乌 (variation of bird 鸟 (=鳥)
The mouth of the eye-less bird is humming and whimpering. |
口
鳥
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鸥
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common gull
ōu Left: district, area 区 (here: recess 匚 in i.e. a cliff with a nest 㐅), right: bird 鸟/鳥
A recess with this bird: a gull. |
区
鳥
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鸠
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turtle-dove (= Turtur orientalis)
jiū Left: nine 九 (here: image of a pigeon ナ with a head 乚 pecking at the ground.), right: bird 鸟/鳥
It is pecking at the ground. This bird is the: turtle-dove. (pigeon) |
九
鳥
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鹦
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parrot
yīng Left: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies), right: bird 鸟
Like an infant (talks) this bird: the parrot. |
贝
女
鳥
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袅
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delicate, graceful, curling
niǎo Top: vari. of bird 鸟/鳥 (= a bird with head, wings, and claws), bottom: clothes 衤
(With feather ornaments?) If you use birds for clothes/dressing, you look: delicate and graceful. |
鳥
衣
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嫣
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beautiful, sweet, captivating, engaging
yān Left: woman 女, right: where, how 焉 (Is it correct 正, that the bird 鳥 has no head: How? Where?)
The woman does it correctly when being like a bird: captivatingly beautiful. |
女
正
鳥
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鹊
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magpie
què left: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times), right: bird 鸟/鳥
(Magpies have a good memory) A sense for 'former times' has this bird: the magpie. |
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鳥
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鹤
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crane
hè Left: 隺 (a hooded 冖 bird 隹), right: bird 鸟/鳥
A hooded bird, this bird is the: crane. |
隹
冖
鳥
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鹉
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parrot
wǔ Left: military, martial 武 (correct 正 sabre 弋 for the military.), right: bird 鸟/鳥
The martial bird is: the parrot. |
武
鳥
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鸳
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mandarin duck, happy couple
yuān Top: 夗 (evening 夕, slumped person 㔾), bottom: bird 鸟/鳥
(lifelong fidelity) They stay together until the (life's) evening when being slumped. This bird is: the mandarin duck. |
夗
鳥
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枭
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owl, brave, smuggler, drug pusher
xiāo Top: bird 鸟/鳥, bottom: tree 木
The bird in the tree is: the owl. |
木
鳥
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鸾
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mythical bird related to phoenix
luán Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], below: bird 鸟/鳥
The somehow red bird is: that mythical bird. |
亦
鳥
赤
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鹳
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crane, stork
guàn Left: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is this bird 隹: The stork), right: bird 鸟
Like a stork is this bird: The stork or crane. |
雚
鳥
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鸯
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mandarin duck
yāng Top: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered), bottom: bird 鸟
The colored texture appears like a yoke on the shoulders of this bird: the mandarin duck. |
央
鳥
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