貂
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sable or marten (genus Martes)
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 豸 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 貂
- Common rank
- #3,115
- Unicode
- U+8C82
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 貂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三貂角 | Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island | |
| 黄貂鱼 | stingray | |
| 狗尾续貂 | lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom); fig. a worthless sequel to… | |
| 水貂 | mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison) | |
| 黑貂 | sable (Martes zibellina) | |
| 貂皮 | mink fur | |
| 雪貂 | ferret | |
| 紫貂 | sable (Martes zibellina) | |
| 貂熊 | wolverine (Gulo gulo) | |
| 貂蝉 | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a … |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 召 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召 sound part | imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon | |
| 超 | to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass | |
| 昭 | bright, luminous; clear, manifest | |
| 绍 | to connect; to introduce | |
| 邵 | various place names; surname | |
| 沼 | lake, pond, swamp | |
| 劭 | to encourage; to excel; excellent | |
| 迢 | distant, far | |
| 苕 | rush, reed; trumpet vine | |
| 髫 | bangs, children's hairstyle; youngster | |
| 笤 | broom, besom | |
| 怊 | grieving | |
| 炤 | to illuminate, to light up; to reflect | |
| 轺 | light carriage | |
| 龆 | to lose one's baby teeth |