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鸴

鷽
xué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) a small songbird; often identified as the bullfinch or a jay-like bird
  2. 2 (classical) a kind of mountain magpie mentioned in ancient texts

Examples

古书中的鸴，今天多被认为是一种小型鸣禽。
Gǔshū zhōng de xué, jīntiān duō bèi rènwéi shì yī zhǒng xiǎoxíng míngqín.
The xué bird of ancient texts is now usually identified as a kind of small songbird.
《庄子》里提到过鸴鸠。
Zhuāngzǐ lǐ tídào guò xuéjiū.
The Zhuangzi mentions the xué-jiu bird.

Tips

history
鸴 appears in 《庄子·逍遥游》 as 鸴鸠 — the small bird that laughs at the giant 鹏 Peng's cosmic flight, content to hop from tree to tree. The character pairs phonetic 学 with the 鸟 'bird' radical.

Stroke Order

鸴 xué