鹂

鸝

lí

noun

Meanings

春天，两只黄鹂在柳树间鸣唱。

Chūntiān, liǎng zhī huáng lí zài liǔshù jiān míng chàng.

A pair of orioles sang among the willows in spring.

黄鹂羽毛金黄，叫声悦耳。

Huáng lí yǔmáo jīnhuáng, jiàoshēng yuè'ěr.

The oriole has bright yellow feathers and a beautiful song.

culture

鹂 is almost always 黄鹂, the oriole, a classic image of spring in Tang poetry, much like 黄莺.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

鸟 is the bird radical, marking 鹂 as a species of bird.

phonetic

丽 lì

beautiful

丽 supplies the sound (lì shifted to lí) and faintly suits the meaning, since the oriole is admired as a beautiful bird.

鹂 lí