鴕
Information about character(s)
Radical: 鳥Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 鸵
Pronunciation
Pinyin: tuóCantonese: to4
JapaneseOn: TA DA
Korean: THA
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: ostrich; Struthio camelusCE-Dict: ostrich
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an ostrich
康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【鳥字部】 鴕
【集韻】唐何切,音駝。鴕鳥似雉。【晉書·張華傳】武庫封閉甚密,其中忽有雉雊。華曰:此必蛇化爲雉也。開視雉側,果有蛇蛻焉。又【前漢·西域傳】安息國有大馬爵。【師古註】《廣志》云:大爵,頸及膺身,蹄似橐駝,色蒼,舉頭高八九尺,張翅丈餘,食大麥。○按大馬爵似橐駝。本作駝,後人以鳥之名,攺馬從鳥。《張華傳》所云蛇化雉者,本作蛇,因其化雉,亦攺虫从鳥耳。
CF-Dict: autruche
Han-De-Dict: Strauß (u.E.) (S, Bio)/Vogel Strauß (Struthio camelus) (u.E.) (S, Bio)