鹉

鵡

wǔ

noun

Meanings

这只鹦鹉会模仿人说话。

Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì mófǎng rén shuōhuà.

This parrot can imitate human speech.

不要鹦鹉学舌，要有自己的想法。

Búyào yīngwǔxuéshé, yào yǒu zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.

Don't just parrot what others say without thinking.

usage

鹉 only appears in 鹦鹉 (parrot) and the idiom 鹦鹉学舌 (to parrot, to repeat mindlessly). It has no standalone meaning.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

The bird radical 鸟 on the right marks this clearly as the name of a bird, the parrot.

phonetic

武 wǔ

military; martial

On the left 武 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It carries no meaning in this bird name.

鹉 wǔ