鸺鹠

鵂鶹

xiūliú

noun

Measure Word

一只鸺鹠 zhī

Meanings

1 collared owlet
2 small owl (Glaucidium genus)

Characters

Examples

鸺鹠是中国最小的猫头鹰之一。

Xiūliú shì Zhōngguó zuì xiǎo de māotóuyīng zhī yī.

The collared owlet is one of China's smallest owls.

夜里能听到鸺鹠的叫声。

Yè lǐ néng tīng dào xiūliú de jiàoshēng.

At night you can hear the call of the owlet.

Tips

memory

Both characters carry the 鸟 (bird) radical — a pure bird-name binome. Neither character appears outside this compound in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

鸺 xiū

鹠 liú