Keyword
eagle
- falcon
- hawk
- Frequency
- #2242
- Strokes
- 18
Readings
yīng
Mnemonic
鸟 (bird) gives the meaning.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鹰
general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
猫头鹰
owl
老鹰
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
猎鹰
falcon
黑鹰
Black Hawk (helicoper)
秃鹰
vulture; condor
飞鹰
eagle
鹰派
hawk faction (opposite: 鸽派 (gēpài), doves); fierce and combative party; war party; warmongers
雄鹰
male eagle; tercel
鹰犬
hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs
鱼鹰
name used for many fishing birds; cormorant; osprey
夜鹰
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
苍鹰
(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
鹰嘴豆
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
鹰潭市
Yingtan, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省 (JiāngxīShěng)
天鹰座
Aquila (constellation)
兀鹰
griffon vulture
鹰架
scaffolding
雀鹰
(bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
鹰钩鼻
aquiline nose; Roman nose
小鹰号
Kitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier)
鹰击长空
the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)