椋
Tap the pinyin to hear it
used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liang2 niao3]
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 椋
- Common rank
- #2,795
- Unicode
- U+690B
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 椋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红嘴椋鸟 | (bird species of China) Burmese myna (Acridotheres burmannicus) | |
| 灰头椋鸟 | (bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) | |
| 丝光椋鸟 | (bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus) | |
| 粉红椋鸟 | (bird species of China) rosy starling (Pastor roseus) | |
| 黑领椋鸟 | (bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis) | |
| 灰背椋鸟 | (bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) | |
| 黑冠椋鸟 | (bird species of China) Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum) | |
| 北椋鸟 | (bird species of China) Daurian starling; purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus) | |
| 紫背椋鸟 | (bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) | |
| 斑翅椋鸟 | (bird species of China) spot-winged starling (Saroglossa spilopterus) | |
| 灰椋鸟 | (bird species of China) white-cheeked starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) | |
| 紫翅椋鸟 | (bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | |
| 斑椋鸟 | (bird species of China) Indian pied myna (Gracupica contra) | |
| 椋鸟 | starling; gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 京 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 京 sound part | capital city | |
| 惊 | to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm | |
| 就 | just, simply; to go to; to approach, near | |
| 凉 | cool, cold; disheartened | |
| 琼 | jade; rare, precious; elegant | |
| 鲸 | whale | |
| 掠 | to pillage, to ransack | |
| 谅 | to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume | |
| 晾 | to air-dry; to sun-dry | |
| 黥 | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals | |
| 辌 | carriage, hearse |