Memory phrase for the character: 鹊

鹊

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Meaning

magpie

Pronunciation

què

Explanation

 left: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times), right: bird 鸟/鳥

Mnemonic
 
(Magpies have a good memory) A sense for 'former times' has this bird: the magpie.

Radicals

昔 former times
鳥 birdAlso this 隹 is seen as a bird.




 Vocabulary

喜鹊 xǐ què  black-billed magpie (Pica pica), legendary bringer of good luck
喜鹊 xǐ què  
燕雀乌鹊 yàn què wū què  lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry; a bunch of nobodies
燕雀乌鹊 yàn què wū què  

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