鸮
Tap the pinyin to hear it
owl (order Strigiformes)
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 鳥 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鴞
- Common rank
- #1,860
- Unicode
- U+9E2E
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 鸮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西红角鸮 | (bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) | |
| 长尾林鸮 | (bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis) | |
| 黄嘴角鸮 | (bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus) | |
| 四川林鸮 | (bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi) | |
| 北领角鸮 | (bird species of China) Japanese scops owl (Otus semitorques) | |
| 横斑腹小鸮 | (bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama) | |
| 红角鸮 | (bird species of China) oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) | |
| 长耳鸮 | (bird species of China) long-eared owl (Asio otus) | |
| 乌林鸮 | (bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) | |
| 灰林鸮 | (bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum) | |
| 领角鸮 | (bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia) | |
| 短耳鸮 | (bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) | |
| 纵纹腹小鸮 | (bird species of China) little owl (Athene noctua) | |
| 角鸮 | screech owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus) | |
| 毛脚渔鸮 | (bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) | |
| 草鸮 | (bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris) | |
| 林雕鸮 | (bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis) | |
| 纵纹角鸮 | (bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei) | |
| 鸣角鸮 | Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus) | |
| 东仓鸮 | (bird species of China) eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 号 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 号 sound part | mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar | |
| 枵 | empty; a hollow tree stump |