鸥
common gull
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,500 U+9E25
How 鸥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 区 (phonetic, qū)
How to remember it
gull · Heisig RSH #2870
区 region + 鸟 bird
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 区
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 区 (qū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 区 sound component | qū | area, district, region, ward; surname |
| 驱 | qū | to spur a horse on; to expel, to drive away |
| 枢 | shū | door hinge; pivot; center of power |
| 抠 | kōu | to lift, to raise; tight-fisted |
| 呕 | ǒu | to vomit; to annoy, to enrage |
| 殴 | ōu | to hit, to beat, to fight with fists |
| 瓯 | ōu | bowl, cup; small tray |
| 躯 | qū | the human body |
| 沤 | ōu | to soak, to steep; sodden, soaked |
| 讴 | ōu | songs; to sing |
| 岖 | qū | steep, sheer; rugged, rough |
| 怄 | òu | annoyed |
| 眍 | kōu | sunken eyes |
Words containing 鸥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西伯利亚银鸥 | Xī bó lì yà yín ōu | (bird species of China) Vega gull (Larus vegae) |
| 普通海鸥 | pǔ tōng hǎi ōu | (bird species of China) common gull (Larus canus) |
| 黄嘴河燕鸥 | huáng zuǐ hé yàn ōu | (bird species of China) river tern (Sterna aurantia) |
| 黄脚银鸥 | huáng jiǎo yín ōu | (bird species of China) Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) |
| 白嘴端凤头燕鸥 | bái zuǐ duān fèng tóu yàn ōu | (bird species of China) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) |
| 黑嘴端凤头燕鸥 | hēi zuǐ duān fèng tóu yàn ōu | (bird species of China) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) |
| 红嘴鸥 | hóng zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| 大凤头燕鸥 | dà fèng tóu yàn ōu | (bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) |
| 黑嘴鸥 | hēi zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) |
| 黑尾鸥 | hēi wěi ōu | (bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) |
| 小凤头燕鸥 | xiǎo fèng tóu yàn ōu | (bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) |
| 普通燕鸥 | pǔ tōng yàn ōu | (bird species of China) common tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| 红嘴巨鸥 | hóng zuǐ jù ōu | (bird species of China) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) |
| 乌灰银鸥 | wū huī yín ōu | (bird species of China) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) |
| 细嘴鸥 | xì zuǐ ōu | (bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) |
| 粉红燕鸥 | fěn hóng yàn ōu | (bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) |
| 北极鸥 | běi jí ōu | (bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| 黑腹燕鸥 | hēi fù yàn ōu | (bird species of China) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda) |
| 小鸥 | xiǎo ōu | (bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| 海鸥 | hǎi ōu | gull; seagull |