Meta:

  1. 鸟 is the 1261st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 204 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (bird)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. niao3 - bird/CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鸟 (niao3): The component 鸟 is pronounced as 'niao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
鸟儿 (鳥兒)

Medium Frequency

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
候鸟 (候鳥)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)

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Meta:

  1. 巢 is the 2293rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (river), (field), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chao2 - surname Chao
  2. chao2 - nest

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 巢 (chao2): The component 巛 is pronounced as 'chuan1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

雀巢 

Medium Frequency

卵巢 
巢湖 
香巢 
鸟巢 (鳥巢)

Appears In:

also appears in:
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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