鸠(jiū)

7 strokesTrad. 鳩

turtledove

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Character information

Pinyin
jiū
Meaning
turtledove; (literary) to gather
Strokes
7
HSK level
—
Traditional
鳩

Origin & structure

Where 鸠 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰九鸟

In this compound, the meaning comes from 鸟 (bird); 九 supplies the sound.

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

Made of

九jiǔ鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 鸠 step by step

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

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Words with 鸠

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

bān斑jiū鸠

turtledove

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suī睢jiū鸠

plover (Charadrius morinellus); dotterell

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jiū鸠hé合

variant of 纠合

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mèng孟dé德sī斯jiū鸠

Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher

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jiū鸠shān山

Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name

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jiū鸠mó摩luó罗shén什

Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

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què鹊cháo巢jiū鸠zhàn占

the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)

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Related characters

From 鸠’s common words

斑睢合孟德斯山摩

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