The Chinese Radical: 隹


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Meaning
short tailed bird    隹

Explanation Also this 鳥 is seen as a bird.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
who, whose, to whom
shéi, shuí
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: bird 隹
(You can't see the speaker, so you can only guess who spoke:) Words like from 'birds', but by whom?  
HSK 2
to allow, to grant, in accordance with, permit, standard
zhǔn
Left: ice 冫, right: bird 隹
(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.  
HSK 3
difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold
nán, nàn
Left: once-again 又 (image of a hand), right: bird 隹
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!  
HSK 4
to push (forward), to pass sth, nominate
tuī
Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.  
HSK 4
to sell, to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
shòu
Top: bird 隹, bottom: mouth 口 (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.  
HSK 5
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
wéi
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: bird 隹
The thread at the bird will preserve and keep it. (against flying away)  
HSK 5
pile, heap, stack, mass, to pile up
duī
Left: earth 土, right: bird 隹
(never directly on the bare ground) The earth, on which a bird is sitting, is piled up.  
HSK 5
to gather, collect, collected works
jí, jì
Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木
The Birds on a tree are: gathering.  
HSK 5
male, imposing, powerful
xióng
Left: upper arm 厷 (ten 十, nose 厶), right: bird 隹
The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.  
HSK 5
coast, beach, shoal
tān
Left: water 氵, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 to catch a bird 隹 is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.  
HSK 5
to urge, to press, to prompt, to rush sb
cuī
Left: person 人, right: high mountain 崔 (=mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
Person want to the high mountains, where only birds are: Thereto, they are urged.  
HSK 5
only, alone, sole, -ism
wéi
Left: mouth 口, right: bird 隹
(A chorus of twittering birds is rare.) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.  
HSK 6
elegant

Left: tusk 牙 (elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ), right: bird 隹
A tusk at a bird looks elegant.  
HSK 6
suddenly
huò
Left: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: bird 隹
Rain and birds come suddenly.  
耀
HSK 6
brilliant, sparkle, glorious
yào
Left: light, ray 光 (The fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light.), right: 翟 (wings 羽, bird 隹)
The light on the wings of the birds sparkles brilliant and glorious.  
HSK 6
employee, to hire, to rent

Top: door 戸, below: bird 隹 (Here: door of a shop, in which sb. is shouting for clients)
The one in the door (shouting) like a bird is an employee.  
HSK 6
eagle, to engrave, shrewd
diāo
Left: circumference/cycle 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.), right: bird 隹
'Cycles' are made by this bird: The eagle.  
HSK 6
to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands)
xié
Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.  
HSK 6
a section, to cut off (a length)
jié
Top: ten 十 and halberd 戈, below: bird 隹
For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections.  
HSK 6
to spread out, vendor's stand
tān
Left: hand 扌, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.  
HSK 6
to destroy, break, devastate, repress
cuī
Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.  
HSK 6
sparrow, (=small bird), a freckle, lentigo
qiāo, qiǎo, què
Top: small 小, bottom: bird 隹
The small bird is a sparrow.  
HSK 6
female

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

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

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