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Chinese symbol for “osprey”

鹗
è
Traditional: 鶚
(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for osprey is 鹗 (è), defined as: (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus).

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

鹗 è
osprey, fishhawk
radical 196 ⿃ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “osprey”

WordPinyinMeaning
雎jūosprey; fish hawk
鱼鹰 (魚鷹)yú yīngname used for many fishing birds; cormorant

See also: Japanese symbol for “osprey”.

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.

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