鹃
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cuckoo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 鳥 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鵑
- Common rank
- #1,672
- Unicode
- U+9E43
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Formation & memory
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Words with 鹃
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜马拉雅中杜鹃 | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) | |
| 绿嘴地鹃 | (bird species of China) green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) | |
| 北方中杜鹃 | (bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) | |
| 红翅凤头鹃 | (bird species of China) chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) | |
| 鹃形目 | Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo | |
| 杜鹃花科 | Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea | |
| 斑翅凤头鹃 | (bird species of China) Jacobin cuckoo; pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) | |
| 四声杜鹃 | (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) | |
| 八声杜鹃 | (bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) | |
| 普通鹰鹃 | (bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) | |
| 红头咬鹃 | (bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) | |
| 紫金鹃 | (bird species of China) violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) | |
| 大杜鹃 | (bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) | |
| 小杜鹃 | (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) | |
| 杜鹃花 | Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch) | |
| 杜鹃科 | Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 | |
| 红腹咬鹃 | (bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi) | |
| 杜鹃鸟 | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) | |
| 小鸦鹃 | (bird species of China) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) | |
| 杜鹃座 | Tucana (constellation) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肙 — compare how they read.