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Kanji Detail for 鸚 - "parrot"

  • Meaning

    鸚 means "parrot."

    1. Parrot - A bird of the family Psittacidae that mimics human speech (used in compound 鸚鵡).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    parrot; parakeet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    parrot

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) parrot

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    parrot

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    鸚鵡 (parrot). A bird name. Pure white color. Upper beak is short, large, and hooked. Covers the lower beak. Tongue is thick and fleshy. Hence can imitate human speech. Feet have two toes forward and two toes backward. There are also green and red ones. Their forms are slightly different. Today all are commonly called parrots.
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