Chinese symbol for “fowler”

捕禽人

bǔ qín rén

birdcatcher; fowler

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fowler is 捕禽人 (bǔ qín rén), defined as: birdcatcher; fowler.

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Characters and stroke order

捕 bǔ

to arrest, to catch, to seize

radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

禽 qín

birds, fowl; to capture; surname

radical 114 ⽱ · 13 strokes

人 rén

man, person; people

radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 捕禽人.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
逮捕	dài bǔ	to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]
被捕	bèi bǔ	to be arrested; under arrest
捕鱼 (捕魚)	bǔ yú	to catch fish; to fish
拘捕	jū bǔ	to arrest
捕捉	bǔ zhuō	to catch; to seize; to capture
追捕	zhuī bǔ	to pursue; to be after
禽兽 (禽獸)	qín shòu	birds and animals; creature
禽流感	qín liú gǎn	bird flu; avian influenza
人民	rén mín	the people

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.