CHINESE CHARACTER
diāo
叼
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to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
- Numbered pinyin
- diao1
- English meanings
- to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 刁.
Meaning & sound clues
口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.
刁 is identified as the sound component (diāo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 叼.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
tricky; cunning
a string of 100 cash (arch.)
drop
view
fish; angle
bird of prey
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