鸪
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partridge; Francolinus chinensis
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 鳥 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鴣
- Common rank
- #2,771
- Unicode
- U+9E2A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 鸪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海南山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) Hainan partridge (Arborophila ardens) | |
| 红胸山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii) | |
| 白眉山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica) | |
| 绿脚山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) green-legged partridge (Arborophila chloropus) | |
| 四川山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus) | |
| 红喉山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) rufous-throated partridge (Arborophila rufogularis) | |
| 台湾山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis) | |
| 环颈山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola) | |
| 中华鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus) | |
| 褐胸山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) bar-backed partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus) | |
| 白颊山鹧鸪 | (bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis) | |
| 水鹁鸪 | turtle dove or similar bird; oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) | |
| 鹧鸪 | partridge | |
| 鹁鸪 | turtle dove or similar bird; oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 古 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古 sound part | old, classic, ancient | |
| 苦 | bitter; hardship, suffering | |
| 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 居 | to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit | |
| 故 | reason, cause; happening, instance | |
| 固 | to solidify; strength | |
| 估 | merchant; to estimate, to guess, to presume | |
| 咕 | mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble | |
| 沽 | to buy and sell; of inferior quality | |
| 蛄 | mole cricket | |
| 辜 | crime, offense, sin | |
| 祜 | blessings, happiness, prosperity | |
| 怙 | to rely on; to presume; father (formal) | |
| 钴 | cobalt; clothes-iron | |
| 罟 | net, snare; to implicate | |
| 诂 | explanation; to comment, to explain | |
| 骷 | skeleton | |
| 嘏 | felicity, prosperity; large and strong | |
| 轱 | wheel; to revolve, to turn |