yào

common
animal
technical

Meaning of

鹞 means harrier; kite (bird of prey, genus Circus). Pronounced yào.

  • harrier; kite (bird of prey, genus Circus)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Tián
shàng
kōng
 
zhī
yào
zhèng
zài
kōng
pán
xuán
 

Over the fields, a harrier is circling low in the sky.

Bái
wěi
yào
shì
guó
jiā
èr
bǎo
dòng
 

The white-tailed harrier is a national second-class protected animal.

zhī
yào
rán
chōng
xià
lái
 
zhuā
zǒu
le
tián
de
lǎo
shǔ
 

That harrier suddenly swooped down and snatched a rat from the field.

Yào
zi
fān
shēn
shì
zhōng
de
gāo
nán
dòng
zuò
 

The 'harrier turn' is a difficult acrobatic move in traditional opera.