鸺鹠

鵂鶹

xiūliú

noun

Measure Word

一只鸺鹠 zhī

Meanings

1 collared owlet
2 small owl (Glaucidium genus)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

夜里能听到鸺鹠的叫声。

Yèlǐ néng tīngdào xiūliú de jiàoshēng.

At night you can hear the call of the owlet.

HSK 7-9

鸺鹠是中国最小的猫头鹰之一。

Xiūliú shì Zhōngguó zuì xiǎo de māotóuyīng zhīyī.

The collared owlet is one of China's smallest owls.

Tips

memory

Both characters carry the 鸟 (bird) radical - a pure bird-name binome. Neither character appears outside this compound in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

鸺 xiū

鹠 liú