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鸪

鴣
gū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in bird names: partridge (鹧鸪) and turtledove (鹁鸪)

Examples

HSK 7-9
鹧鸪是一种比鸭子略小的鸟。
Zhègū shì yì zhǒng bǐ yāzi lüè xiǎo de niǎo.
The partridge is a bird a little smaller than a duck.

Tips

history
鸪 is not used by itself. It appears only as the second syllable of bird names: 鹧鸪 ('partridge') and 鹁鸪 ('turtledove'). The bird radical 鸟 marks it as a bird; 古 supplies the sound.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
鸟 (bird) is the indexing radical. It signals that 鸪 belongs to bird names like 鹧鸪.
phonetic
古 gǔ
phonetic element
古 gives the reading for 鸪 (tone shifted to level). It is the same sound element seen in 姑 and 估.

Stroke Order

鸪 gū