jiāo

䴔

Character · NounTraditional鵁

pond heron; water bird

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

a kind of water bird; pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)

archaic

Archaic term, mainly used in classical literature or biological taxonomy. Usually appears in the compound 鵁鶄.

Gǔ古
shī诗
zhōng中
cháng常
miáo描
huì绘
jiāo鵁
jīng鶄
zài在
chí池
táng塘
zhōng中
mì觅
shí食
de的
qíng情
jǐng景
 。

Ancient poems often depicted scenes of pond herons foraging in pools.

Jiāo鵁
jīng鶄
yòu又
míng名
chí池
lù鹭
 ，
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
shè涉
qín禽
 。

The jiāojīng, also known as the pond heron, is a common wading bird.