Chinese Character Wiki

鹬

yù

snipe

Components
矞 sound component

矞  Sound component

yù

  

bore with awl

鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鹬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹬 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹬 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鹬 (鷸) 

yù

snipe, kingfisher; Tringa species (various); common snipe; sandpiper

Most common words with 鹬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹬

sandpiper

鹬蚌相争

lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4881st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Traditional

鷸

Unicode

U+9E6C


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