Chinese symbol for “thrush”
鸫
dōng
Traditional: 鶇
thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thrush is 鸫 (dōng), defined as: thrush (bird of genus Turdus).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thrush”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仙八色鸫 (仙八色鶇) | xiān bā sè dōng | (bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha) |
| 光背地鸫 (光背地鶇) | guāng bèi dì dōng | (bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima) |
| 岛鸫 (島鶇) | dǎo dōng | (bird species of China) island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) |
| 斑鸫 (斑鶇) | bān dōng | (bird species of China) dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus) |
| 栗腹矶鸫 (栗腹磯鶇) | lì fù jī dōng | (bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) |
| 槲鸫 (槲鶇) | hú dōng | (bird species of China) mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thrush”.
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.