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Chinese symbol for “cockatoo”

凤头鹦鹉
fèng tóu yīng wǔ
Traditional: 鳳頭鸚鵡
cockatoo (zoology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cockatoo is 凤头鹦鹉 (fèng tóu yīng wǔ), defined as: cockatoo (zoology).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

凤 fèng
male phoenix; symbol of joy
radical 16 ⼏ · 4 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
鹦 yīng
parrot
radical 196 ⿃ · 16 strokes
鹉 wǔ
species of parrot
radical 196 ⿃ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凤头鹦鹉.

WordPinyinMeaning
凤凰 (鳳凰)fèng huángphoenix
楼凤 (樓鳳)lóu fèng(slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment
龙凤 (龍鳳)lóng fèngdragon and phoenix
凤梨 (鳳梨)fèng lípineapple
丹凤 (丹鳳)dān fèngred phoenix
凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角)fèng máo lín jiǎolit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
鹦鹉 (鸚鵡)yīng wǔparrot
鹦鹉螺 (鸚鵡螺)yīng wǔ luónautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell)

See also: Japanese symbol for “cockatoo”.

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.