鹮 (huán): ibis (bird family Threskiornithidae)

Measure Word

一只鹮 zhī

Meanings

1 ibis (bird family Threskiornithidae)

Characters

鹮

huán

ibis

Examples

朱鹮是中国特有的珍稀鸟类。

Zhūhuán shì Zhōngguó tèyǒu de zhēnxī niǎolèi.

The crested ibis is a rare species native to China.

秦岭地区是朱鹮的栖息地。

Qínlǐng dìqū shì zhūhuán de qīxīdì.

The Qinling Mountains are the habitat of the crested ibis.

Tips

culture

Almost always encountered in the compound 朱鹮 (zhūhuán, crested ibis) — a conservation icon in China. Down to seven birds in 1981 in Yangxian, Shaanxi; now recovered to thousands through captive breeding, widely cited as a Chinese conservation success story.