Radical_196
Radical 196
Chinese character radical
Radical 196 or radical bird (鳥部) meaning "bird" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 11 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 750 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
鸟 (5 strokes), the simplified form of 鳥, is the 114th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 鳥 listed as its associated indexing component. The simplified form 鸟 is derived from the cursive script form of 鳥.