鸠
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turtledove; (literary) to gather
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 鳥 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鳩
- Common rank
- #1,793
- Unicode
- U+9E20
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Formation & memory
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Words with 鸠
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸠江区 | Jiujiang, a district of Wuhu City 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wu2 hu2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 黄脚绿鸠 | (bird species of China) yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) | |
| 灰头绿鸠 | (bird species of China) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei) | |
| 红顶绿鸠 | (bird species of China) whistling green pigeon; Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae) | |
| 鸠山由纪夫 | Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010 | |
| 绿翅金鸠 | (bird species of China) common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) | |
| 山斑鸠 | (bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) | |
| 针尾绿鸠 | (bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) | |
| 红翅绿鸠 | (bird species of China) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) | |
| 火斑鸠 | (bird species of China) red collared dove; red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) | |
| 山皇鸠 | (bird species of China) mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia) | |
| 鸠摩罗什 | Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts | |
| 厚嘴绿鸠 | (bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) | |
| 孟德斯鸠 | Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher | |
| 鸠山 | Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name; Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party … | |
| 灰斑鸠 | (bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) | |
| 鸠合 | variant of 糾合|纠合[jiu1 he2] | |
| 绿皇鸠 | (bird species of China) green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) | |
| 鸠江 | see 鳩江區|鸠江区[Jiu1 jiang1 Qu1] | |
| 伊壁鸠鲁 | Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 九 — compare how they read.