Chinese symbol for “songbird”
鸣禽
míng qín
Traditional: 鳴禽
songbird
The closest CC-CEDICT match for songbird is 鸣禽 (míng qín), defined as: songbird.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “songbird”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸣禽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共鸣 (共鳴) | gòng míng | (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response |
| 百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴) | bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
| 奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲) | zòu míng qǔ | sonata |
| 雷鸣 (雷鳴) | léi míng | thunder rolls |
| 鸣枪 (鳴槍) | míng qiāng | to fire warning shots |
| 耳鸣 (耳鳴) | ěr míng | tinnitus |
| 禽兽 (禽獸) | qín shòu | birds and animals; creature |
| 禽流感 | qín liú gǎn | bird flu; avian influenza |
See also: Japanese symbol for “songbird”.
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.