鹃
cuckoo
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,672 U+9E43
How 鹃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 肙 (phonetic, yuān)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 肙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 肙 (yuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肙 sound component | yuān | a small worm; to twist; to surround; empty |
| 捐 | juān | to give, to donate; to give up, to renounce |
| 涓 | juān | brook, stream; pure; to select |
| 娟 | juān | beautiful, graceful |
| 绢 | juàn | a kind of thick stiff silk |
| 狷 | juàn | rash, irritable, impulsive, impetuous |
| 蜎 | yuān | mosquito larva |
Words containing 鹃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜马拉雅中杜鹃 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) |
| 绿嘴地鹃 | lǜ zuǐ dì juān | (bird species of China) green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) |
| 北方中杜鹃 | běi fāng zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) |
| 红翅凤头鹃 | hóng chì fèng tóu juān | (bird species of China) chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) |
| 鹃形目 | juān xíng mù | Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo |
| 杜鹃花科 | dù juān huā kē | Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea |
| 斑翅凤头鹃 | bān chì fèng tóu juān | (bird species of China) Jacobin cuckoo; pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) |
| 四声杜鹃 | sì shēng dù juān | (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) |
| 八声杜鹃 | bā shēng dù juān | (bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) |
| 普通鹰鹃 | pǔ tōng yīng juān | (bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) |
| 红头咬鹃 | hóng tóu yǎo juān | (bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) |
| 紫金鹃 | zǐ jīn juān | (bird species of China) violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) |
| 大杜鹃 | dà dù juān | (bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| 小杜鹃 | xiǎo dù juān | (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 杜鹃花 | dù juān huā | Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch) |
| 杜鹃科 | dù juān kē | Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 |
| 红腹咬鹃 | hóng fù yǎo juān | (bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi) |
| 杜鹃鸟 | dù juān niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) |
| 小鸦鹃 | xiǎo yā juān | (bird species of China) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) |
| 杜鹃座 | Dù juān zuò | Tucana (constellation) |