啄
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to peck
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How 啄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 豖 (phonetic, chù)
How to remember it
peck · Heisig RSH #1750
口 mouth + hog-tied
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 豖
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 豖 (chù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豖 sound component | chù | a shackled pig |
| 冢 | zhǒng | burial mound, mausoleum; grand |
| 琢 | zhuó | to polish jade; to cut jade |
| 涿 | zhuō | to trickle, to dribble, to drip |
| 瘃 | zhú | cold sores |
| 诼 | zhuó | gossip, rumors; to slander |
Words containing 啄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小星头啄木鸟 | xiǎo xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) |
| 大金背啄木鸟 | dà jīn bèi zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) |
| 星头啄木鸟 | xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus) |
| 白腹黑啄木鸟 | bái fù hēi zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) |
| 白背啄木鸟 | bái bèi zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) |
| 大黄冠啄木鸟 | dà huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha) |
| 大灰啄木鸟 | dà huī zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) |
| 灰头啄木鸟 | huī tóu zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus) |
| 红胸啄花鸟 | hóng xiōng zhuó huā niǎo | (bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) |
| 大斑啄木鸟 | dà bān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| 小斑啄木鸟 | xiǎo bān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) |
| 花腹绿啄木鸟 | huā fù lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus) |
| 黄腹啄花鸟 | huáng fù zhuó huā niǎo | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum) |
| 黑啄木鸟 | hēi zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) |
| 白翅啄木鸟 | bái chì zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) white-winged woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus) |
| 黄冠啄木鸟 | huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus) |
| 黄嘴栗啄木鸟 | huáng zuǐ lì zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) |
| 啄花鸟 | zhuó huā niǎo | flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae) |
| 白眉棕啄木鸟 | bái méi zōng zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) |
| 红颈绿啄木鸟 | hóng jǐng lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri) |