Han character 鷌

The meaning of 鷌 is a bird name; Mandarin reads it mǎ, with a low dip and rise.

The earliest dictionary record for 鷌 is in 玉篇, a Chinese dictionary compiled around 543. The earlier dictionary 說文 does not include it; 玉篇 places it in its bird section. Its parts explain the construction: 鳥 supplies the bird-related meaning, while 馬 links the character to the mǎ sound series.

Older entries give only “bird name”; the 漢典 dictionary narrows that to “a small bird, the yellow sparrow.” A dictionary entry from 2024 records Mandarin mǎ (the low-dipping third tone) and Cantonese maa5 (a low-rising tone in Jyutping) for that bird-name reading, plus a Zhangzhou Hokkien verb meaning “an eagle preys on something.” So 黄雀 is one dictionary gloss, not a universal translation.

How do I type 鷌?

Enter HFSQF in a Cangjie Chinese-character input method.

The Cangjie code follows 鷌’s components as 竹火尸手火.

What causes 鷌 to appear as a box?

A box means the font cannot display this glyph.

The character is unchanged; a device or browser may lack a font that supports it. A font with broader CJK coverage can display it.