Definitions
(noun)
bird
Etymology
Simplified form of 鳥. Pictograph of a bird.
About
The character for "bird" began as a pictographic depiction of a perched avian, with its traditional form "鳥" carefully rendering the creature's profile through strokes that suggested a head, a plump body, and a tail. Through ongoing stylistic simplification over time, this detailed representation was progressively distilled into a more abstract yet still suggestive form, a process that yielded the simpler "鸟" while retaining the elemental silhouette of a bird with a head and a curved body. Its etymological foundation as a pictograph has anchored the character's core meaning to the animal itself, a meaning that has persisted without significant shift. Structurally, it serves as a semantic component, or radical, in many other characters, imparting a general association with birds or concepts of flight within the writing system.
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小鸟在树上唱歌。
我看见一只蓝色的鸟。
那只鸟的叫声很好听。
清晨，公园里有很多鸟。
这只小鸟正在学习飞翔。
鸟类是生态环境的重要部分。
这只受伤的鸟被我们救活了。
研究鸟类的迁徙模式非常复杂。