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Meaning of 鸢

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(Trad.: 鳶)
Pinyin: yuān
English Definition: kite (small hawk)
Chinese Definition:
①鸟,鹰科,头顶及喉部白色,嘴带蓝色,体上部褐色,微带紫,两翼黑褐色,腹部淡赤,尾尖分叉,四趾都有钩爪,捕食蛇、鼠、蜥蜴、鱼等(俗称“老鹰”):鸢色(茶褐色)。纸鸢(风筝)。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bird) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] to catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow
    • [ niǎo ] bird
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Example Words
鸢尾 yuān wěi Iricdaceae, the iris family
鸢尾花 yuān wěi huā iris (family Iridaceae)
纸鸢 zhǐ yuān kite
鸢飞戾天 yuān fēi tiān The hawk flies up to heaven. (idiom)
黑翅鸢 hēi chì yuān (bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
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Example Sentences
1
Two of the four had also reportedly failed to breed over preceding years although it was not known if the tracking equipment was a factor.
2
西西
The white-tail is not the only southern bird to drift north recently. Mississippi kites now nest in New England.
3
The examination of fresh carcases increases the value of the information we can obtain on the threats to red kite health.
4
使
For example, we have published evidence for harm due to lead poisoning in red kites and these findings allowed mitigation measures to be implemented to reduce the threat to these birds.
5
She said: "Unless and until further long-term studies have been carried out it is not possible to determine whether the findings are a sign of a greater problem in kites.