Chinese symbol for “fauna”
鸟兽
niǎo shòu
Traditional: 鳥獸
birds and beasts; fauna
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fauna is 鸟兽 (niǎo shòu), defined as: birds and beasts; fauna.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸟兽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸟类 (鳥類) | niǎo lèi | birds |
| 小鸟 (小鳥) | xiǎo niǎo | small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) |
| 鸟儿 (鳥兒) | niǎo r | bird |
| 飞鸟 (飛鳥) | fēi niǎo | bird |
| 候鸟 (候鳥) | hòu niǎo | migratory bird |
| 菜鸟 (菜鳥) | cài niǎo | (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fauna”.
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.