禽

qín
#2,557 most
frequent character
(bound form) birds, fowl

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

禽 was a drawing of a trap for catching wild animals, and that was its first meaning. Later the word came to mean 'fowl, birds'.

Drawn as: wild-animal trap

禽 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
噙檎
picture1 character
擒

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