Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鸠


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Meaning

turtle-dove (= Turtur orientalis)

Pronunciation

jiū

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

nine
bird
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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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