鹫 (jiù): vulture

Meanings

一只秃鹫在悬崖上空盘旋。

Yì zhī tūjiù zài xuányá shàngkōng pánxuán.

A vulture circled high above the cliff.

鹫的爪子较弱，眼睛却极锐利。

Jiù de zhuǎzi jiào ruò, yǎnjing què jí ruìlì.

The vulture has weak claws but extremely sharp eyes.

usage

Common in 秃鹫 (vulture, literally 'bald vulture'). It refers to the large carrion-eating birds of prey related to eagles.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

Right 鸟 (bird), the indexing radical. It marks 鹫 as a bird — a large raptor — alongside 鹰 (eagle) and 鹊 (magpie).

phonetic

就 jiù

to come to; phonetic

Left 就 supplies the sound exactly (jiù = jiù). It is purely phonetic here, contributing no meaning to the bird.

鹫 jiù