鹑 (chún): (in 鹌鹑) quail

Meanings

烤鹌鹑是某些地方菜的美味。

Kǎo ānchún shì mǒuxiē dìfāngcài de měiwèi.

Roast quail is a delicacy in some regional cuisines.

他的衣服破旧得像鹑衣百结。

Tā de yīfu pòjiù de xiàng chúnyī bǎijié.

His clothes were so worn they looked like ragged quail feathers.

usage

鹑 is bound, used in 鹌鹑 (鹌鹑, 'quail'). The quail's short, ragged-looking tail gave rise to the literary idiom 鹑衣百结 (鹑衣百结, 'clothes in tatters').

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

鸟 is the bird radical, marking this character as the name of a bird, here the quail.

phonetic

享 xiǎng

to enjoy; phonetic

享 supplies the sound (xiǎng shifting to chún). It contributes pronunciation only and no meaning here.

鹑 chún