鼬
Tap the pinyin to hear it
(zoology) weasel
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 鼠 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鼬
- Common rank
- #2,862
- Unicode
- U+9F2C
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 鼬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野鼬瓣花 | wild hemp | |
| 黄鼬 | Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) | |
| 鼬科 | Mustelidae (taxonomic family of weasel, otter, mink) | |
| 香鼬 | mountain weasel; alpine weasel | |
| 青鼬 | weasel; Martes flavigula (zoology) | |
| 鼬属 | Mustela (genus of weasels etc) | |
| 鼬鼠 | weasel | |
| 猫鼬 | see 狐獴[hu2 meng3] | |
| 艾鼬 | steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) | |
| 臭鼬 | skunk | |
| 伶鼬 | weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology) | |
| 鼬鲨 | tiger shark | |
| 鼬獾 | ferret badger |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 由 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由 sound part | cause, reason; from | |
| 油 | oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints | |
| 抽 | to draw out, to pull out; to sprout | |
| 轴 | axle, pivot, shaft; axis | |
| 邮 | mail; post office | |
| 袖 | sleeve | |
| 宙 | space, time, space-time | |
| 铀 | uranium | |
| 釉 | enamel, glaze | |
| 岫 | mountain peak; cave, cavern | |
| 柚 | grapefruit, pomelo | |
| 蚰 | millipede | |
| 妯 | sister-in law | |
| 舳 | the stern of a ship |