禽
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(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒[qin2]
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Dict coverage rank #2,256 U+79BD
How 禽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A legendary beast 离 captured by a man 人
How to remember it
fowl · Heisig RSH #1179
umbrella + 离 leave
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 禽 as their sound component
These characters all use 禽 (qín) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禽 sound component | qín | birds, fowl; to capture; surname |
| 檎 | qín | a small red apple |
| 噙 | qín | to bite; to hold in the mouth |
Words containing 禽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禽流感 | qín liú gǎn | bird flu; avian influenza |
| 禽兽不如 | qín shòu bù rú | worse than a beast; to behave immorally |
| 飞禽走兽 | fēi qín zǒu shòu | (idiom) birds and animals |
| 水禽 | shuǐ qín | waterfowl |
| 家禽 | jiā qín | poultry; domestic fowl |
| 衣冠禽兽 | yī guān qín shòu | lit. dressed up animal (idiom); fig. immoral and despicable person |
| 禽龙 | qín lóng | iguanodon |
| 良禽择木而栖 | liáng qín zé mù ér qī | a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron o… |
| 良禽择木 | liáng qín zé mù | a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron o… |
| 禽鸟 | qín niǎo | birds; fowl |
| 鸟禽 | niǎo qín | bird |
| 捕禽人 | bǔ qín rén | birdcatcher; fowler |
| 活禽 | huó qín | live poultry |
| 走禽 | zǒu qín | Ratitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches |
| 飞禽 | fēi qín | birds |
| 珍禽奇兽 | zhēn qín qí shòu | rare animals and birds |
| 禽蛋 | qín dàn | bird eggs |
| 种禽 | zhǒng qín | cock; male breeding poultry |
| 禽类 | qín lèi | bird species; birds |
| 野禽 | yě qín | fowl |