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鹃

鵑
juān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 杜鹃) cuckoo; azalea

Examples

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.
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