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鹑

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(bound form) quail

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Strokes
13
Radical
鳥 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鶉
Common rank
#2,805
Unicode
U+9E51

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Formation & memory

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How 鹑 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鸟 meaning “bird” + 享 sound ( xiǎng )

Components 享 鸟

Words with 鹑

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

WordPinyinMeaning
高原山鹑 gāo yuán shān chún (bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
斑翅山鹑 bān chì shān chún (bird species of China) Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica)
黄脚三趾鹑 huáng jiǎo sān zhǐ chún (bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
灰山鹑 huī shān chún (bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
蓝胸鹑 lán xiōng chún (bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)
林三趾鹑 lín sān zhǐ chún (bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
四川雉鹑 Sì chuān zhì chún (bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
棕三趾鹑 zōng sān zhǐ chún (bird species of China) barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
雪鹑 xuě chún (bird species of China) snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
日本鹌鹑 Rì běn ān chún (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
西鹌鹑 xī ān chún (bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)
雉鹑 zhì chún (bird species of China) chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)
鹌鹑 ān chún quail
鹌鹑馉饳儿 ān chún gǔ duò r a type of wonton made in a shape similar to that of a quail (in ancient times)

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
享 sound part xiǎng to share; to enjoy; to benefit from
淳 chún simple, honest, genuine
崞 guō a mountain in Shanxi