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Chinese symbol for “birdsong”

鸟鸣
niǎo míng
Traditional: 鳥鳴
birdsong; warbling

The closest CC-CEDICT match for birdsong is 鸟鸣 (niǎo míng), defined as: birdsong; warbling.

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Characters and stroke order

鸟 niǎo
bird
radical 196 ⿃ · 5 strokes
鸣 míng
a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
radical 196 ⿃ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鸟鸣.

WordPinyinMeaning
鸟类 (鳥類)niǎo lèibirds
小鸟 (小鳥)xiǎo niǎosmall bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick)
鸟儿 (鳥兒)niǎo rbird
飞鸟 (飛鳥)fēi niǎobird
候鸟 (候鳥)hòu niǎomigratory bird
菜鸟 (菜鳥)cài niǎo(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie
共鸣 (共鳴)gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴)bǎi jiā zhēng mínga hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.