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貂

diāo

Character

What 貂 means

1. sable or marten (genus Martes)

Words starting with 貂

• 貂皮diāo pímink fur
• 貂熊diāo xióngwolverine (Gulo gulo)
• 貂蝉Diāo ChánDiaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女

Words containing 貂

• 水貂shuǐ diāomink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
• 紫貂zǐ diāosable (Martes zibellina)
• 雪貂xuě diāoferret
• 黑貂hēi diāosable (Martes zibellina)
• 黄貂鱼huáng diāo yústingray
• 狗尾续貂gǒu wěi xù diāolit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)…
• 三貂角Sān diāo jiǎoCape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island

Characters built on 召

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

• 迢tiáoremote
• 笤tiáobroom
• 苕tiáoreed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
• 髫tiáo(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)

Characters that look like 貂

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

• 殿diànpalace hall
• 躯qūhuman body
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊
• 觎yúto desire passionately
• 瓿bùa kind of vase (old); see 安瓿

Sounds the same

Read diāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雕to carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
• 刁artful; wicked
• 凋withered
• 碉rock cave (archaic)
• 鲷porgy; pagrus major
• 蛁Pomponia maculatiocollis
• 琱to engrave gems
• 汈(used in place names)