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楸

qiū

Character

What 楸 means

1. Catalpa
2. Mallotus japonicus

Words starting with 楸

• 楸树qiū shùCatalpa bungei or Manchurian Catalpa, a tea plant

Words containing 楸

• 鹅掌楸é zhǎng qiūChinese tulip tree; Liriodendron chinense
• 湖北花楸Hú běi huā qiūChinese Rowan tree; Sorbus hupehensis or Hupeh rowan

Characters built on 秋

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

• 揪jiūto seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 啾jiū(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 鳅qiūloach (family Cobitidae); used in 鲯鳅

Sounds the same

Read qiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秋autumn; fall; harvest time
• 丘mound; hillock; grave
• 龟used in 龟兹
• 蚯used in 蚯蚓
• 鳅loach (family Cobitidae); used in 鲯鳅
• 萩Lespedeza bicolor
• 恘meaning uncertain, related to 戾
• 鞧crupper; leather strap; (dialect) to draw back
• 邱surname Qiu
• 丠old variant of 丘
• 鹙see 鹙鹭
• 龝old variant of 秋