What 鵁 means
鵁 names birds in classical Chinese, but the phrase identifies which one. In 鵁鶄, it names a long-billed, long-legged wading bird from southern China or India, often identified as a red-headed heron. Treat the two-character compound as the bird name; dictionaries also identify it with 鳽 or 赤頭鷺.
The Han dynasty work 《七發》 lists 鵁鶄 among its descriptions of birds. The Shuowen Jiezi 《說文解字》, an early Chinese dictionary, preserves 𪁉 as an older graph for the same bird name.
The Erya 《爾雅》, an early Chinese reference work, links 鵁 to 鴢頭 and records 魚鵁 as a Jiangdong name for a ducklike water bird. The Classic of Mountains and Seas 《山海經》 describes yet another 鵁 as a flocking bird with pheasant-like feathers; its entry says eating the bird cures wind, a historical medical claim.
Classical and specialist; it reads as a bird name in a quotation or dictionary entry.
If someone sends 鵁 alone, ask for its phrase or source before naming a species.
Who writes 鵁
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsAsk for the phrase or source; the character alone does not identify one bird.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 鵁 look different in different fonts?
It can: Han fonts may draw locale-specific forms of the same encoded character, so stroke shapes or placement can differ. Check the surrounding phrase and code point if the form is unclear.
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How to type or find 鵁
- Search it as
- 鵁鶄 · 鴢頭 · 魚鵁 · 鳽 · 赤頭鷺 · 䴔 · jiao · jiao1
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
鵁\9D41Codes and encoding1 code points
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