Chinese Character Wiki

鳶

yuān

kite

Components
弋 sound component

弋  Sound component

yì

  

to shoot

鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鳶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鳶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鳶 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鳶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸢 (鳶) 

yuān

kite; Milvus species (various); kite (small hawk)

Most common words with 鳶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸢

kite (small hawk)

鸢尾

Iricdaceae, the iris family

纸鸢

kite

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4922nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

鸢

Unicode

U+9CF6


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