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啄

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Strokes
11
Radical
口 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
啄
Common rank
#1,450
Unicode
U+5544

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Formation & memory

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How 啄 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 豖 sound ( chù )

Components 口 豖

How to remember it

peck · Heisig RSH #1750

口 mouth + hog-tied

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 啄

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
小星头啄木鸟 xiǎo xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
大金背啄木鸟 dà jīn bèi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
星头啄木鸟 xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
白腹黑啄木鸟 bái fù hēi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
白背啄木鸟 bái bèi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
大黄冠啄木鸟 dà huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
大灰啄木鸟 dà huī zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
灰头啄木鸟 huī tóu zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
红胸啄花鸟 hóng xiōng zhuó huā niǎo (bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
大斑啄木鸟 dà bān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
小斑啄木鸟 xiǎo bān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
花腹绿啄木鸟 huā fù lǜ zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus)
黄腹啄花鸟 huáng fù zhuó huā niǎo (bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)
黑啄木鸟 hēi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
白翅啄木鸟 bái chì zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) white-winged woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
黄冠啄木鸟 huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
黄嘴栗啄木鸟 huáng zuǐ lì zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
啄花鸟 zhuó huā niǎo flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
白眉棕啄木鸟 bái méi zōng zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea)
红颈绿啄木鸟 hóng jǐng lǜ zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 豖 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
豖 sound part chù a shackled pig
冢 zhǒng burial mound, mausoleum; grand
琢 zhuó to polish jade; to cut jade
涿 zhuō to trickle, to dribble, to drip
瘃 zhú cold sores
诼 zhuó gossip, rumors; to slander