xiāo

Radical: 鸟 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

鸮 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 鸮

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 鸮.

栗鸮
lì xiāo
猛鸮
měng xiāo
草鸮
cǎo xiāo
barn owl (Tyto capensis)
角鸮
jiǎo xiāo
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
雕鸮
diāo xiāo
雪鸮
xuě xiāo
鬼鸮
guǐ xiāo
鸮叫
xiāo jiào
(of owls) to hoot or screech
鸱鸮
chī xiāo
鹰鸮
yīng xiāo
东仓鸮
dōng cāng xiāo
乌林鸮
wū lín xiāo

Related characters (radical 鸟)

Characters that share the radical .

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