The Chinese Radical: 隹


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Meaning
short tailed bird    隹

Explanation Also this is seen as a bird.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
who, whose, to whom
shéi, shuí
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: bird
(You can't see the speaker, so you can only guess who spoke:) Words like from 'birds', but by whom?
JLPT HSK 2
to allow, to grant, in accordance with, permit, standard
zhǔn
Left: ice , right: bird
(Many birds have to leave northern Europe for the south in winter because of the cold. But one is allowed to stay:) The ice-bird has that permission.
JLPT HSK 3
difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold
nán, nàn
Left: once-again (image of a hand), right: bird
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!
JLPT HSK 4
to push (forward), to pass sth, nominate
tuī
Left: hand , right: bird
When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.
JLPT HSK 4
to sell, to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
shòu
Top: bird , bottom: mouth (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.
JLPT HSK 5
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
wéi
Left: thread 纟/, right: bird
The thread at the bird will preserve and keep it. (against flying away)
JLPT HSK 5
pile, heap, stack, mass, to pile up
duī
Left: earth , right: bird
(never directly on the bare ground) The earth, on which a bird is sitting, is piled up.
JLPT HSK 5
to gather, collect, collected works
jí, jì
Top: bird (alternative to 鸟/), below: tree
The Birds on a tree are: gathering.
JLPT HSK 5
male, imposing, powerful
xióng
Left: upper arm 厷 (ten , nose ), right: bird
The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.
JLPT HSK 5
coast, beach, shoal
tān
Left: water , right: difficult (By hand to catch a bird is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.
JLPT HSK 5
to urge, to press, to prompt, to rush sb
cuī
Left: person , right: high mountain 崔 (=mountain only for birds )
Person want to the high mountains, where only birds are: Thereto, they are urged.
JLPT HSK 5
only, alone, sole, -ism
wéi
Left: mouth , right: bird
(A choros of birds twittering is seldom:) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.
JLPT HSK 6
elegant

Left: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk ), right: bird
A tusk at a bird looks elegant.
JLPT HSK 6
suddenly
huò
Left: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), right: bird
Rain and birds come suddenly.
耀
JLPT HSK 6
brilliant, sparkle, glorious
yào
Left: light, ray (The fire on legs serves as light.), right: (wings , bird )
The light on the wings of the birds sparkles brilliant and glorious.
JLPT HSK 6
employee, to hire, to rent

Top: door 戸, below: bird (Here: door of a shop, in which sb. is shouting for clients)
The one in the door (shouting) like a bird is an employee.
JLPT HSK 6
eagle, to engrave, shrewd
diāo
Left: circumference/cycle (A framed luck , sets its circumference.), right: bird
'Cycles' are made by this bird: The eagle.
JLPT HSK 6
to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands)
xié
Left: hand , right: 隽 bird , below: (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child comes out of that womb )
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.
JLPT HSK 6
a section, to cut off (a length)
jié
Top: ten and halberd , below: bird
For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections.
JLPT HSK 6
to spread out, vendor's stand
tān
Left: hand , right: difficult (By hand [to catch] a bird is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.
JLPT HSK 6
to destroy, break, devastate, repress
cuī
Left: hand , right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain only for birds )
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.
JLPT HSK 6
sparrow, (=small bird), a freckle, lentigo
qiāo, qiǎo, què
Top: small , bottom: bird
The small bird is a sparrow.
JLPT HSK 6
female

Left: this (She stopped and sat down: This person), right: bird
The stop-and-sit-bird is the female wheras the male 雄 is the ten-eyes-bird.
JLPT HSK 6
spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet
chuí, zhuī
Left: tree , right: bird
Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines.
JLPT HSK 6
infantile, young
zhì
Left: rice plant , right: bird
The grain and the bird are still infantile.
JLPT HSK 6
paralyzed, limp
tān
Left: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: difficult (by hand [to catch] a bird is difficult)
The disease, where you have difficulties, is when being paralyzed.
JLPT no HSK
eagle, falcon, hawk
yīng
广
Left: building 广, right: person , bird , bird 鸟
Above the building and (big as) a person is the bird that kills other birds: the eagle.
JLPT no HSK
only, however, nevertheless
wéi
Left: feelings , right: bird
(Due to their ability to fly:) The feeling that this is for birds only.
JLPT no HSK
to jab, to poke, to stab, to blunt, to fuck (vulgar)
chuō
Left: feather of pheasant (feather and bird ), right: halberd
With a (pointed) feather of a bird or a halberd, you can jab or poke.
JLPT no HSK
reef, shoal rock
jiāo
Left: stone , right: scorch, burn, fret (The bird is on fire to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
JLPT no HSK
cone, awl, to bore
zhuī
Left: metal 钅/, right: bird
Use metal to make a hole like a bird (= the woodpecker) that is: a drilled cone bore.
JLPT no HSK
name of a river, that flows into lake Hongze
huái
Left: water , right: bird
The water with birds is the Huai-river.
JLPT no HSK
high mountain, precipitous
cuī
Top: mountain , bottom: bird
The mountain that is only (accessible) for birds, is a high mountain.
JLPT no HSK
wild goose
yàn
From left: cliff , person , bird
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.
JLPT no HSK
to startle, to get frightened
jù, qú
Top: twice eye , bottom: bird
Two eyes above the bird, let it startle.
JLPT no HSK
harmony
yōng
Top: cover , bottom: country, native place 乡 (here two noses ), bird
Under a cover two noses' birds live: in harmony.
JLPT no HSK
firewood, gather wood
qiáo
Left: tree , right: scorched, burnt (The bird is on fire to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.
JLPT no HSK
curtain, screen
wéi
Left: cloth , right: bird
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.
JLPT no HSK
chick, young bird
chú
Left: mowing grass (handle of a big scythe ), right: bird
The little head above the edge of the nest . This bird is: the chick.
JLPT no HSK
haggard, pallid and thin
qiáo
Left: feelings , right: scorch, burn (bird , fire Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
JLPT no HSK
crane

Left: 隺 (a hooded bird ), right: bird 鸟/
A hooded bird, this bird is the: crane.
JLPT no HSK
to seize, to snatch, to grab
jué
Left: hand , right: 矍 (2x eye , to seize 隻 [... a bird by hand ])
You need your hand and both eyes when seizing a bird with your hand: The seizing.
JLPT no HSK
to exorcise demons
nuó
Left: person , right: difficult (By hand [to catch] a bird is difficult.)
Persons have difficulties with: exorcism.
JLPT no HSK
long-tail pheasant
dí, zhái
Top: feather , bottom: bird
These (special) feathers has this bird: the pheasant.

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