common
noun
animal
bird

Meaning of

鹬 means snipe; sandpiper (a long-billed wading bird). Pronounced yù.

  • snipe; sandpiper (a long-billed wading bird)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes17
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

niǎo
zài
biān
de
qiǎn
shuǐ
zhōng
shí
 

The snipe is foraging in the shallow water by the river.

Zhè
zhǒng
měi
nián
qiū
tiān
dōu
huì
qiān
dào
nán
fāng
guò
dōng
 

This species of snipe migrates south every autumn to spend the winter.

de
tuǐ
cháng
 
fēi
cháng
shì
zài
tān
shàng
xíng
zǒu
 

The snipe's long slender legs are perfectly adapted for walking on mudflats.

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
/ zhǒng