鹡 (jí) · (in 鹡鸰) wagtail (a small long-tailed bird)

Meanings

1 (in 鹡鸰) wagtail (a small long-tailed bird)

Characters

鹡

jí

(in 鹡鸰) wagtail

Examples

HSK 7-9

鹡鸰喜欢在水边摆动尾巴。

Jílíng xǐhuan zài shuǐbiān bǎidòng wěiba.

Wagtails like to bob their tails by the waterside.

HSK 7-9

一对鹡鸰落在草坪上找食。

Yì duì jílíng luò zài cǎopíng shàng zhǎo shí.

A pair of wagtails landed on the lawn looking for food.

Tips

culture

鹡 occurs only in 鹡鸰, the wagtail. In classical poetry a flock of wagtails in distress became a symbol of brothers helping one another in hardship.

Components

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

鸟 is the bird radical, marking 鹡 as a species of bird.

phonetic

脊 jǐ

spine; ridge

脊 supplies the sound (jǐ read as jí here) and adds no meaning in 鹡.

Stroke Order

鹡 jí

Related Words

鹡鸰 jílíng

wagtail (bird of family Motacillidae)

杆 gān #2,946

pole; rod; shaft (long vertical type) / classifier for long thin objects

不久 bùjiǔ HSK 3 #2,694

soon / before long / not long after

极少数 jíshǎoshù

a tiny minority; a very small number / an extremely small proportion

久违 jiǔwéi HSK 7-9 #29,289

long time no see / long-absent; long-missed

煎 jiān HSK 7-9 #5,411

to pan-fry / to fry in a small amount of oil / to simmer; to decoct

久 jiǔ HSK 3 #482

long (time)

几 jī #185

small table; low stand / almost; nearly

卷 juǎn HSK 6 #1,792

to roll up; to curl / to sweep up; to engulf / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of bills, reel of film)

久等 jiǔděng #7,468

to wait for a long time / to keep someone waiting