legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
鴆 is a 15 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zhèn in the fourth tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 鸩 is used.
It is made up of the components 冘 (to move on) and 鳥 (bird).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 鴆
Definitions for 鴆 pronounced as zhèn
- legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
- poisonous
- to poison sb
Vocabulary
The most common words for 鴆 — see all
- lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
- fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
- the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩