鹜(wù)

14 strokesTrad. 鶩

duck

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Character information

Pinyin
wù
Meaning
duck
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
鶩

Origin & structure

Where 鹜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱敄鸟

In this compound, the meaning comes from 鸟 (bird); 敄 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

敄wù鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 鹜 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 鹜

Common words using 鹜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jī鸡wù鹜

petty or mean persons

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chí驰wù鹜

variant of 驰骛

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wù鹜líng舲

small boat

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kè刻hú鹄lèi类wù鹜

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)

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qū趋zhī之ruò若wù鹜

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable

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Related characters

From 鹜’s common words

鸡驰舲刻鹄类趋之

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