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飓

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jù
noun #84,256

Meanings

  1. 1 hurricane (used in 飓风)

Examples

一场强烈的飓风横扫海岸。
Yì chǎng qiángliè de jùfēng héngsǎo hǎi'àn.
A powerful hurricane swept across the coast.
飓风把无数大树连根拔起。
Jùfēng bǎ wúshù dàshù liángēn báqǐ.
The hurricane uprooted countless trees.

Tips

usage
Used only in 飓风 (jùfēng, hurricane). Note that storms over the western Pacific affecting China are usually called 台风 (táifēng, typhoon); 飓风 is mostly used for Atlantic and Caribbean storms.

Components

radical
风 fēng
wind
The wind radical 风 wraps the outside. It marks this clearly as a kind of wind: a violent storm.
phonetic
具 jù
tool; to possess (phonetic)
具 (jù) sits inside the wind frame and gives the exact sound with no tone change. It contributes only the pronunciation here.

Stroke Order

飓 jù