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鹱

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(bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc

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Strokes
18
Radical
鳥 +14
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鸌
Common rank
#3,335
Unicode
U+9E71

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Formation & memory

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How 鹱 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鸟 meaning “bird” + 蒦 sound ( huò )

Components 鸟 蒦

Words with 鹱

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

WordPinyinMeaning
白额圆尾鹱 bái é yuán wěi hù (bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
钩嘴圆尾鹱 gōu zuǐ yuán wěi hù (bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
肉足鹱 ròu zú hù (bird species of China) flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
短尾鹱 duǎn wěi hù (bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
白额鹱 bái é hù (bird species of China) streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
暴雪鹱 bào xuě hù (bird species of China) northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
灰鹱 huī hù (bird species of China) sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
纯褐鹱 chún hè hù (bird species of China) Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
曳尾鹱 yè wěi hù (bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
蒦 sound part huò to measure; to calculate
镬 huò cauldron, large iron pot
劐 huō to destroy
蠖 huò inch-worm; looper caterpiller
嚄 huò to roar