IDENTITY
鸟niǎobird
HSK 2Top 500
CORE MEANING
bird
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.birdHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 鸟bird radical (niǎo)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿹④一
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
小鸟xiǎoniǎolittle bird
鸟语花香niǎoyǔhuāxiāngbirdsong and flowers (spring scene)
Graded examples
小鸟在树上唱歌。Xiǎoniǎo zài shù shang chànggē.HSK3
The little birds sing in the tree.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 乌
LEARNING
Memory aid
The picture of a bird: head, wing, and talons. (Simplified from 鳥.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #500
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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