Bird radical 鸟 (niǎo): 9 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Bird radical 鸟 (niǎo): 9 characters鸟 (niǎo) is Kangxi radical no. 196, “bird”. In this form it is written with 5 strokes.As a radical, 鸟 (niǎo) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “bird” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.The characters range from 5 to 18 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 鸡 (jī) chicken / rooster, 鸟 (niǎo) bird.Characters with this radical5 strokes

鸟 (niǎo) - bird

7 strokes

鸡 (jī) - chicken / rooster

9 strokes

鸦 (yā) - crow

10 strokes

鸭 (yā) - duck

11 strokes

鸽 (gē) - pigeon, dove

12 strokes

鹅 (é) - variant of

13 strokes

鹏 (péng) - fabulous bird of enormous size

15 strokes

鹤 (hè) - crane

18 strokes

鹰 (yīng) - eagle

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License