Memory phrase for the character: 鸠

鸠

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Meaning

turtle-dove (= Turtur Orientalis)

Pronunciation

jiū

Explanation

Left: nine 九 (here: image of a pigeon ナ with a head 乚 pecking at the ground.), right: bird 鸟/鳥

Mnemonic

It is pecking at the ground. This bird is the: turtle-dove. (pigeon)

Radicals

九	nine
鳥	bird	Also this 隹 is seen as a bird.

Vocabulary

鸴鸠笑鹏	xué jiū xiào péng	the phoenix laughs at the roc (idiom)
孟德斯鸠	Mèng dé sī jiū	Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

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