Chinese symbol for “ostrich”
鸵鸟
tuó niǎo
Traditional: 鴕鳥
ostrich
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ostrich is 鸵鸟 (tuó niǎo), defined as: ostrich.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ostrich”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸵鸟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸵鸟政策 (鴕鳥政策) | tuó niǎo zhèng cè | ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) |
| 鹬鸵 (鷸鴕) | yù tuó | kiwi (bird) |
| 小美洲鸵 (小美洲鴕) | xiǎo měi zhōu tuó | (ornithology) lesser rhea; Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ostrich”.
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.