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啄

zhuó

Character

What 啄 means

1. to peck

Example sentences

• 啄木鸟正在使劲地啄树干。
  Zhuómùniǎo zhèngzài shǐjìn de zhuó shùgàn.
  The woodpecker is pecking the tree trunk vigorously.

Words starting with 啄

• 啄木鸟zhuó mù niǎowoodpecker
• 啄食zhuó shí(of a bird) to peck at food
• 啄花鸟zhuó huā niǎoflowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
• 啄羊鹦鹉zhuó yáng yīng wǔkea (Nestor notabilis)

Words containing 啄

• 剥啄bō zhuó(onomatopoeia) tap (on a door or window)
• 栗啄木鸟lì zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
• 竹啄木鸟zhú zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)
• 黑啄木鸟hēi zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
• 厚嘴啄花鸟hòu zuǐ zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
• 大拟啄木鸟dà nǐ zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) great barbet (Psilopogon virens)
• 大斑啄木鸟dà bān zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
• 大灰啄木鸟dà huī zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
• 小斑啄木鸟xiǎo bān zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
• 斑姬啄木鸟bān jī zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)
• 星头啄木鸟xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
• 朱背啄花鸟zhū bèi zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
• 棕腹啄木鸟zōng fù zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) rufous-bellied woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)
• 灰头啄木鸟huī tóu zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
• 白翅啄木鸟bái chì zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) white-winged woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
• 白背啄木鸟bái bèi zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
• 红胸啄花鸟hóng xiōng zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
• 纹胸啄木鸟wén xiōng zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) stripe-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)
• 纯色啄花鸟chún sè zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
• 艾条雀啄灸ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ"sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM)
• 赤胸啄木鸟chì xiōng zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) crimson-naped woodpecker; crimson-breasted woodpecker…
• 黄冠啄木鸟huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
• 黄肛啄花鸟huáng gāng zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum)
• 黄腹啄花鸟huáng fù zhuó huā niǎo(bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)

Characters built on 豖

These share the phonetic component 豖 (chù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 琢zhuóto cut (gems)
• 涿zhuōused in place names
• 诼zhuóto complain

Characters that look like 啄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 喀kā(onomatopoeia) sound of coughing or vomiting
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 琢zhuóto cut (gems)
• 啜chuò(literary) to drink; to sip; to sob
• 喙huìbeak; snout; mouth

Sounds the same

Read zhuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酌to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 卓outstanding
• 浊turbid; muddy; impure
• 琢to cut (gems)
• 著used in 执著
• 灼to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
• 濯to wash; to cleanse of evil
• 擢to pull out; to select; to promote
• 斫to chop; to hack; to carve wood
• 着to wear (clothes); to contact; to use
• 镯bracelet
• 茁to display vigorous, new growth; to sprout