Chinese symbol for “quail”
鹌鹑
ān chún
Traditional: 鵪鶉
quail
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quail is 鹌鹑 (ān chún), defined as: quail.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “quail”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹑 (鶉) | chún | (bound form) quail |
| 畏缩 (畏縮) | wèi suō | to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil |
| 鴳 | yàn | quail |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹌鹑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西鹌鹑 (西鵪鶉) | xī ān chún | (bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix) |
| 斑翅山鹑 (斑翅山鶉) | bān chì shān chún | (bird species of China) Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica) |
| 林三趾鹑 (林三趾鶉) | lín sān zhǐ chún | (bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) |
| 棕三趾鹑 (棕三趾鶉) | zōng sān zhǐ chún | (bird species of China) barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) |
| 灰山鹑 (灰山鶉) | huī shān chún | (bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix) |
| 蓝胸鹑 (藍胸鶉) | lán xiōng chún | (bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quail”.
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.