Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鸠


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Meaning

turtle-dove (= Turtur Orientalis)

Pronunciation

jiū

Explanation

Left: nine 九 (here: image of a pigeon ナ with a head 乚 pecking at the ground.), right: bird 鸟/鳥

Mnemonic


 
It is pecking at the ground. This bird is the: turtle-dove. (pigeon)

Radicals

nine
birdAlso this 隹 is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

鸴鸠笑鹏 xué jiū xiào péng  the phoenix laughs at the roc (idiom)
孟德斯鸠 Mèng dé sī jiū  Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
孟德斯鸠 Mèng dé sī jiū  
孟德斯鸠 Mèng dé sī jiū  


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