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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- diao1
- English meanings
- bird of prey
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 周; right 隹.
Meaning & sound clues
隹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “bird”.
周 is identified as the sound component (zhōu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 雕.
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
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
a string of 100 cash (arch.)
drop
view
fish; angle
Example sentences
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Related words
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