鸥 — Chinese character
鸥
ōu
seagull, tern; Larus species (various)
- Pinyin
- ōu
- Radical
- 196 ⿃ (Bird)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 区 鸟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 鸟; sound component 区
- Traditional
- 鷗
Common words with 鸥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海鸥 (海鷗) | hǎi ōu | gull; seagull |
| 红嘴鸥 (紅嘴鷗) | hóng zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| 遗鸥 (遺鷗) | yí ōu | (bird species of China) relict gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) |
| 银鸥 (銀鷗) | yín ōu | (bird species of China) European herring gull (Larus argentatus) |
| 黑嘴鸥 (黑嘴鷗) | hēi zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) |
| 小鸥 (小鷗) | xiǎo ōu | (bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| 三趾鸥 (三趾鷗) | sān zhǐ ōu | (bird species of China) black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| 中贼鸥 (中賊鷗) | zhōng zéi ōu | (bird species of China) pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| 剪嘴鸥 (剪嘴鷗) | jiǎn zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) |
| 北极鸥 (北極鷗) | běi jí ōu | (bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| 叉尾鸥 (叉尾鷗) | chā wěi ōu | (bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini) |
| 弗氏鸥 (弗氏鷗) | fú shì ōu | (bird species of China) Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
English words written with 鸥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.