小 |
xiǎo wěi jiān | (bird species of China) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) |
小 |
xiǎo | small / tiny / few / young |
苇 |
wěi | reed / rush / Phragmites communis |
鳽 |
yán | (used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron) / also pr. [jian1] |