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鹬

鷸
yù
noun #39,769

Measure Word

一只鹬 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 snipe; sandpiper (a long-billed wading bird)

Examples

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Yù bàng xiāng zhēng, yúwēng délì.
When the snipe and the clam grip each other, the fisherman wins — neither side gains from the fight.
湿地里有几只鹬在觅食。
Shīdì lǐ yǒu jǐ zhī yù zài mìshí.
There are several snipes wading in the wetland.

Tips

culture
The most famous use is the fable idiom 鹬蚌相争 ('snipe and clam fight, the fisherman profits'), from the 战国策 (Strategies of the Warring States): when two rivals lock in a deadlock, a third party walks off with the prize.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
Right side 鸟 is the bird radical, fixing the meaning: a specific kind of bird. Same family as 鸡 chicken, 鸭 duck, 鹅 goose.
phonetic
矞 yù
to bore through; auspicious vapor
Left side 矞 supplies the sound yù directly. Same phonetic appears in 橘 tangerine and 谲 cunning; here it lends only its reading to the bird name.

Stroke Order

鹬 yù