鹗

鶚
è
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the osprey; fish hawk

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yì zhī è tūrán shōu chì fǔchōng xiàlái zhuā yú.
An osprey suddenly folded its wings and plunged down to seize a fish.

Tips

history
鹗 'osprey' rarely stands alone today; the common name is 鱼鹰 (fish hawk). It once symbolised a talented person, as in the classical 鹗立 (standing erect like an osprey). The phonetic is 咢.
register
Literary and technical only, found in old texts and ornithology, not in everyday speech.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
鸟 is the bird radical on the right, marking the meaning: 鹗 is a large fish-hunting raptor.
phonetic
咢 è
to beat a drum and shout
咢 supplies the sound è. The same phonetic appears in 鳄 (crocodile) and 颚 (jaw).

Stroke Order

鹗 è