xiāo鸮（鴞）
鸮（鴞）
character
animal
literary
technical
Meaning of 鸮
鸮 means owl; bird of prey. Pronounced xiāo.
- owl; bird of prey
Character Info
Radical鸟
Strokes10
Components
号
鸟
Stroke Order
鸮
Definitions & Examples
Chī鸱
xiāo鸮
chī鸱
xiāo鸮
，
jì既
qǔ取
wǒ我
zǐ子
，
wú无
huǐ毁
wǒ我
shì室
。
Owl, owl, though you have taken my young, do not destroy my nest.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
xiāo鸮
lèi类
dòng动
wù物
zhǔ主
yào要
zài在
yè夜
jiān间
huó活
dòng动
。
This species of owl is primarily nocturnal.
Gǔ古
rén人
rèn认
wéi为
xiāo鸮
shì是
bù不
xiáng祥
zhī之
niǎo鸟
。
The ancients regarded the owl as an inauspicious bird.