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鸰

Character · NounTraditional鴒

see 鹡鸰 (wagtail)

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

used in 鹡鸰 (jí líng), a wagtail (bird of family Motacillidae)

This character is almost exclusively used in the disyllabic word 鹡鸰, referring to wagtails—small, slender passerine birds with long tails that frequently wag up and down.

Jí鹡
líng鸰
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
hòu候
niǎo鸟
 。

The wagtail is a common migratory bird.

Chí池
táng塘
biān边
yǒu有
jǐ几
zhī只
bái白
jí鹡
líng鸰
zài在
mì觅
shí食
 。

Several white wagtails were foraging by the pond.

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Zhè这
zhǒng种
niǎo鸟
shǔ属
yú于
jí鹡
líng鸰
kē科
 。

This bird belongs to the Motacillidae family.