Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK
7-9+

owl

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao1 xiāo

Meaning


Primary

owl

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn in the middle of the night when she hears a hoot of an 梟 owl. She looks up at a nearby 木 tree and sure enough sees a 鳥 bird. The 鳥 bird, an 梟 owl to be precise, gives another hoot as it stares at Xena.