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鹬

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common snipe; sandpiper

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Strokes
17
Radical
鳥 +12
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鷸
Common rank
#1,371
Unicode
U+9E6C

Formation & memory

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How 鹬 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鸟 meaning “bird” + 矞 sound ( yù )

Components 矞 鸟

Words with 鹬

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WordPinyinMeaning
小黄脚鹬 xiǎo huáng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
小青脚鹬 xiǎo qīng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
黑翅长脚鹬 hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
长嘴鹬 cháng zuǐ yù (bird species of China) long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
红脚鹬 hóng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) common redshank (Tringa totanus)
反嘴鹬 fǎn zuǐ yù (bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
白腰草鹬 bái yāo cǎo yù (bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
青脚鹬 qīng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
流苏鹬 liú sū yù (bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)
西方滨鹬 xī fāng bīn yù (bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
翻石鹬 fān shí yù (bird species of China) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
林鹬 lín yù (bird species of China) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
青脚滨鹬 qīng jiǎo bīn yù (bird species of China) Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii)
红腹滨鹬 hóng fù bīn yù (bird species of China) red knot (Calidris canutus)
黑腹滨鹬 hēi fù bīn yù (bird species of China) dunlin (Calidris alpina)
白腰滨鹬 bái yāo bīn yù (bird species of China) white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
大滨鹬 dà bīn yù (bird species of China) great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
小滨鹬 xiǎo bīn yù (bird species of China) little stint (Calidris minuta)
斑胸滨鹬 bān xiōng bīn yù (bird species of China) pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
黑腰滨鹬 hēi yāo bīn yù (bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
矞 sound part yù to bore with an awl; bright, charming
橘 jú orange, tangerine
璚 jué splendid; a jade ring