鸦
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crow
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 鳥 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鴉
- Common rank
- #1,403
- Unicode
- U+9E26
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 鸦
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里海地鸦 | (bird species of China) Turkestan ground jay; Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi) | |
| 白尾地鸦 | (bird species of China) Xinjiang ground jay (Podoces biddulphi) | |
| 红嘴山鸦 | (bird species of China) red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) | |
| 黄嘴山鸦 | (bird species of China) alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) | |
| 黑尾地鸦 | (bird species of China) Mongolian ground jay (Podoces hendersoni) | |
| 红头鸦雀 | (bird species of China) rufous-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis bakeri) | |
| 金色鸦雀 | (bird species of China) golden parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi) | |
| 鸦雀无声 | lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be h… | |
| 水老鸦 | common name for cormorant | |
| 红嘴鸦雀 | (bird species of China) great parrotbill (Paradoxornis aemodium) | |
| 大嘴乌鸦 | (bird species of China) large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) | |
| 小嘴乌鸦 | (bird species of China) carrion crow (Corvus corone) | |
| 天下乌鸦一般黑 | all crows are black (idiom); evil people are bad all over the world | |
| 第二次鸦片战争 | the Second Opium War (1856–1860) | |
| 灰头鸦雀 | (bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis) | |
| 白胸鸦雀 | (bird species of China) white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps) | |
| 点胸鸦雀 | (bird species of China) spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis) | |
| 达乌里寒鸦 | (bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus) | |
| 大乌鸦 | a raven | |
| 暗色鸦雀 | (bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 牙 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙 sound part | tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated | |
| 雅 | elegant, graceful, refined | |
| 芽 | bud, shoot, sprout | |
| 呀 | particle used to express surprise | |
| 讶 | amazed, surprised; to express surprise | |
| 伢 | child | |
| 岈 | the name of a mountain | |
| 枒 | coconut tree; edge, rim | |
| 蚜 | aphid, plant louse | |
| 玡 | used in place names | |
| 迓 | to receive a guest |