鹃(juān)

12 strokesTrad. 鵑

cuckoo

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Character information

Pinyin
juān
Meaning
cuckoo
Strokes
12
HSK level
—
Traditional
鵑

Origin & structure

Where 鹃 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰肙鸟

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

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

Made of

肙yuān鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 鹃 step by step

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

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Words with 鹃

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

zào噪juān鹃

(bird species of China) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

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dù杜juān鹃

cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendro…

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wū乌juān鹃

(bird species of China) square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)

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dù杜juān鹃huā花

Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)

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dù杜juān鹃tí啼xuè血

lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)

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Related characters

From 鹃’s common words

噪杜乌花啼血

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