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鹉

鵡
wǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鹦鹉) parrot

Examples

HSK 4
不要鹦鹉学舌，要有自己的想法。
Búyào yīngwǔ-xuéshé, yào yǒu zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
Don't just parrot what others say without thinking.
HSK 7-9
这只鹦鹉会模仿人说话。
Zhè zhī yīngwǔ huì mófǎng rén shuōhuà.
This parrot can imitate human speech.

Tips

usage
鹉 only appears in 鹦鹉 (parrot) and the idiom 鹦鹉学舌 (to parrot, to repeat mindlessly). It has no standalone meaning.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
The bird radical 鸟 on the right marks this clearly as the name of a bird, the parrot.
phonetic
武 wǔ
military; martial
On the left 武 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It carries no meaning in this bird name.

Stroke Order

鹉 wǔ