How to write 鹬

鹬 鷸 yù 【名】 【本义】: 水鸟鹬 1. A bird with tea-brown feathers, long beak, and long legs; it has no webbing between its toes and is often found by the water's edge or in fields catching small fish, insects, and shellfish. 2. Saying: "When the snipe and clam struggle, the fisherman benefits." 【造字法】:形声。从鸟，矞( yù )声。 同本义 ([En.] snipe) 引: 1. "Shuō Wén": 鹬, a kingfisher. Knows when it will rain. 2. "Lǐ Jì": One who understands astronomy wears a snipe's crown. 3. "Běn Cǎo Gāng Mù": The snipe resembles a quail, has a blue color with a long beak. The sound it makes in the mud is said to be what villagers believe to be transformed from a field chicken, also a type of quail. The saying about the snipe and clam refers to this. 4. "Zhàn Guó Cè": The clam just emerges to bask in the sun, while the snipe pecks at its flesh. 例: 又如: 鹬鹬 (sound of the water snipe); 鹬冠 (feather crown of the snipe, historically worn by astronomers). 同义: [En.] tattler. This refers to several species of birds in the snipe family (Capella). It resembles the hill snipe but is smaller, with a very long beak which it uses to probe the mud for worms and other food. The upper body is usually variegated black and brown; its skin is yellowish and chestnut, and it has stripes on its tail and sides.