cāng

鸧

Character · NounTraditional鶬

a type of bird

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

cang; a type of water bird

archaic

A term from classical texts for a specific but now not commonly identified bird. Often appears in compound bird names. It is an extremely rare character in modern usage.

Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
céng曾
tí提
dào到
guò过
yī一
zhǒng种
míng名
wéi为
cāng鶬
de的
niǎo鸟
 。

Ancient texts once mentioned a type of bird called a 'cang'.

Cāng鶬
gēng鶊
yě也
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
niǎo鸟
lèi类
de的
gǔ古
chēng称
 。

'Cang geng' is also an ancient name for a type of bird.