How to Write 喙 (huì) — Meaning “beak / bill”

Imagine a bird with a big mouth (口) that looks like a sharp tool (彖 reminds you of a chisel or pointed beak). You can also think of the sound "huì" as similar to "whistle," which birds do with their beaks.

Pay attention to the right side 彖: it has 9 strokes and includes a 豕 (pig) component, so avoid making it too wide. Common mistakes include mixing up the order of the strokes inside 彖, especially the hook and the final two strokes—practice writing 彖 separately first.

喙 has the mouth radical 口 on the left and a complex 彖 on the right, while 㕡 is very rare and has a different structure (口 on top with 谷 below). 哥 is made of two stacked 可 parts and means "older brother," so it looks like two mouths or squares, not a beak.

喙 is used in formal or scientific contexts, like 鸟喙 (bird's beak) in biology textbooks, or 长喙 to describe long-snouted animals. It is less common in daily speech—most people say 鸟嘴 instead—but it appears in idioms and poetic descriptions of birds.

Common words containing 喙 include: 鸟喙 (niǎo huì) — bird's beak; 长喙 (zhǎng huì) — long beak; long snout; 尖喙 (jiān huì) — Sharp beak.