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鸰

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used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2 ling2]

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Strokes
10
Radical
鳥 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鴒
Common rank
#3,295
Unicode
U+9E30

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Formation & memory

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How 鸰 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鸟 meaning “bird” + 令 sound ( lìng )

Components 令 鸟

Words with 鸰

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
黄头鹡鸰 huáng tóu jí líng (bird species of China) citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
西黄鹡鸰 xī huáng jí líng (bird species of China) western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
日本鹡鸰 Rì běn jí líng (bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
大斑鹡鸰 dà bān jí líng (bird species of China) white-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
山鹡鸰 shān jí líng (bird species of China) forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
白鹡鸰 bái jí líng (bird species of China) white wagtail (Motacilla alba)
黄鹡鸰 huáng jí líng (bird species of China) eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
灰鹡鸰 huī jí líng (bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
鹡鸰 jí líng wagtail

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 令 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
令 sound part lìng command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
领 lǐng neck, collar; lead, guide
冷 lěng cold, cool; lonely
零 líng zero; fragment, fraction
岭 lǐng mountain ridge, mountain peak
邻 lín neighbor; neighborhood
龄 líng age; years
铃 líng small bell
怜 lián to pity, to sympathize with
伶 líng clever; lonely, solitary
玲 líng the tinkling of jewelry
羚 líng a species of antelope
苓 líng fungus, tuber; licorice
蛉 líng dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae
呤 lìng purine
囹 líng prison, enclosure
拎 līn to lift, to haul, to take
翎 líng plume, tail feathers
聆 líng to hear, to listen