Chinese character 鹝

It names a turkey-like bird; classical Chinese also uses it for a plant.

The classical Chinese character dictionary Shuowen preserves 「六鶃退飛」 and ties the bird passage to the Spring and Autumn period. Its bird entry uses 鶃; other references also list 鶂, while traditional Chinese uses 鷊 as the counterpart to 鹝.

Dictionary entries gloss the bird as turkey- or pheasant-like. A separate old sense names 绶草, a plant in a classical poem. Commentators disagree about the poem's scene: an early preface reads it politically, while the later scholar Zhu Xi reads it as lovers fearing interference.

What if someone sends 鹝?

Treat a lone 鹝 as a character reference or quotation.

Ask what text or lookup it came from before assigning it a mood. As of 2026, no broad, fixed chat reaction meaning is documented for this character.

How do I type 鹝?

Type yi in a Chinese input method and select 鹝, or enter Cangjie MBPYM.

In Mandarin pinyin, its reading is yì, roughly like “ee” with a falling tone. A pinyin input method usually takes yi without the tone mark; Cangjie uses the sequence MBPYM.

Typefaces and fallback fonts can draw its strokes differently. Without a supporting font, it may appear as a box, though the underlying character remains 鹝.