禽
Tap the pinyin to hear it
(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒[qin2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禸 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 禽
- Common rank
- #2,256
- Unicode
- U+79BD
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 禽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禽流感 | bird flu; avian influenza | |
| 禽兽不如 | worse than a beast; to behave immorally | |
| 飞禽走兽 | (idiom) birds and animals | |
| 水禽 | waterfowl | |
| 家禽 | poultry; domestic fowl | |
| 衣冠禽兽 | lit. dressed up animal (idiom); fig. immoral and despicable person | |
| 禽龙 | iguanodon | |
| 良禽择木而栖 | a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron o… | |
| 良禽择木 | a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron o… | |
| 禽鸟 | birds; fowl | |
| 鸟禽 | bird | |
| 捕禽人 | birdcatcher; fowler | |
| 活禽 | live poultry | |
| 走禽 | Ratitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches | |
| 飞禽 | birds | |
| 珍禽奇兽 | rare animals and birds | |
| 禽蛋 | bird eggs | |
| 种禽 | cock; male breeding poultry | |
| 禽类 | bird species; birds | |
| 野禽 | fowl |
Sound family
These characters use 禽 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禽 sound part | birds, fowl; to capture; surname | |
| 檎 | a small red apple | |
| 噙 | to bite; to hold in the mouth |