莺
莺 the Chinese phoneme ying appears to refer to many varieties of beautiful birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles 鹰, parrots 鹦 and orioles 鶯
This particular ying莺 is an oriole, which are known for singing beautifully.
etymology: in the traditional character 2 bright flames火 on top indicate the orioles flaming color. The covering radical 冖 indicates this is a bird 鸟 which likes shelters like eaves. The simplified character replaces the two fires on top with the grass determinant 艹 to make writing it a bit easier.
火火冖鸟
艹冖鸟
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