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鹃

鵑
juān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 杜鹃) cuckoo; azalea

Examples

HSK 7-9
春天，杜鹃的叫声在山间回荡。
Chūntiān, dùjuān de jiàoshēng zài shānjiān huídàng.
In spring, the cuckoo's call echoes across the hills.
HSK 7-9
山坡上开满了鲜红的杜鹃花。
Shānpō shàng kāimǎn le xiānhóng de dùjuānhuā.
The mountainside was covered with bright red azaleas.

Tips

culture
Bound in 杜鹃, which names both the cuckoo bird and the azalea flower. A legend links them: a grieving king became a cuckoo whose blood stained the azalea red, so 杜鹃啼血 evokes deep sorrow.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
Right bird radical, the indexing component. Even though 杜鹃 can name a flower, the character itself is filed as a bird. Same family as 鹂 and 鸽.
phonetic
肙 yuān
phonetic element
Left element supplies the sound - its old reading drifting to juān. It contributes no meaning here; the same phonetic appears in 捐 and 娟.

Stroke Order

鹃 juān