秃鹫

禿鷲
tūjiù
noun #21,977

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 vulture
  2. 2 cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)

Examples

Tūjiù zài gāokōng pánxuán, xúnzhǎo lièwù.
The vulture circled high in the sky, looking for prey.
Tūjiù yǐ fǔròu wéi shí, zài shēngtài xìtǒng zhōng bàn yǎn qīngdàofū de juésè.
Vultures feed on carrion and play the role of scavengers in the ecosystem.

Tips

memory
means 'bald' and means 'eagle/large bird of prey' — so 秃鹫 is literally 'the bald eagle-like bird,' which matches the vulture's famously bare head perfectly.

Stroke Order

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