Chinese symbol for “merlin”
灰背隼
huī bèi sǔn
(bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for merlin is 灰背隼 (huī bèi sǔn), defined as: (bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灰背隼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰色 | huī sè | gray; ash gray |
| 灰尘 (灰塵) | huī chén | dust |
| 骨灰 | gǔ huī | bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains |
| 灰烬 (灰燼) | huī jìn | ashes |
| 灰心 | huī xīn | to lose heart; to be discouraged |
| 灰暗 | huī àn | dull gray; drab |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 背后 (背後) | bèi hòu | behind; at the back |
| 拟游隼 (擬游隼) | nǐ yóu sǔn | (bird species of China) Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “merlin”.
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.