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 birdAlso 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
孟德斯鸠 Mèng dé sī jiū  
孟德斯鸠 Mèng dé sī jiū  

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