鹩 (liáo): (in 鹪鹩) wren

Meanings

鹪鹩筑巢只需一枝。

Jiāoliáo zhùcháo zhǐ xū yì zhī.

A wren needs only one branch to make its nest.

鹩哥会学人说话。

Liáogē huì xué rén shuōhuà.

The hill myna can mimic human speech.

culture

Bound to bird names: 鹪鹩 (the tiny wren, a classic symbol of being content with little) and 鹩哥 (the talking hill myna).

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

Right-side bird radical 鸟. As in most bird names, it marks the whole character as a kind of bird.

phonetic

尞 liáo

(here) sound

Left side supplies the sound liáo; the same phonetic appears in 辽 and 燎.

鹩 liáo