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鸠

Traditional (Taiwan): 鳩

jiū ㄐㄧㄡ

    • turtledove
    • to gather

      literary

Classifiers (measure words)

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Other words read jiū

In the same tone

  • 揪 jiū seize
  • 究 jiū after all
  • 纠 jiū gather together
  • 啾 jiū wailing of child
  • 阄 jiū lots

All 10 words read jiū

jiu with other tones

All 33 words read jiu in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 鸠

    部首 radical
    鸟
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 2 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    九鸟
    形旁 meaning
    鸟
    声旁 sound
    九

    Words with 鸠

    Starting with 鸠

    • 鸠山 jiūshān Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name
    • 鸠江区 jiūjiāngqū Jiujiang, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市 wúhúshì, Anhui
    • 鸠山由纪夫 jiūshānyóujìfū Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
    • 鸠摩罗什 jiūmóluóshí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
    • 鸠鸽 jiūgē dove

    Ending with 鸠

    • 斑鸠 bānjiū turtledove
    • 孟德斯鸠 mèngdésījiū Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
    • 厚嘴绿鸠 hòuzuǐlǜjiū thick-billed green pigeon
    • 小鹃鸠 xiǎojuānjiū little cuckoo-dove
    • 山斑鸠 shānbānjiū oriental turtle dove

    All 26 words ending with 鸠

    Containing 鸠

    • 伊壁鸠鲁 yībìjiūlǔ Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
    • 鹊巢鸠占 quècháojiūzhàn magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it

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