鹈 (tí): (in 鹈鹕) pelican

Meanings

一群鹈鹕在湖上捕鱼。

Yì qún tíhú zài hú shàng bǔyú.

A flock of pelicans was fishing on the lake.

鹈鹕的嘴下有个大皮囊，用来装鱼。

Tíhú de zuǐ xià yǒu gè dà pínáng, yònglái zhuāng yú.

The pelican has a large pouch under its beak for holding fish.

usage

Occurs only in 鹈鹕 ('pelican'), the big water bird with a throat pouch. It does not appear alone.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird (radical form)

Bird, the radical on the right. The pelican is a bird, so it groups this character with its partner 鹕 and with 鸭 (duck).

phonetic

弟 dì

younger brother; phonetic

Younger brother, on the left, supplying the sound; dì shifts to tí. It is purely phonetic here; the same element gives 梯 (ladder) and 啼.

鹈 tí