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鳅

qiū

Character Traditional 鰍

What 鳅 means

1. loach (family Cobitidae)
2. used in {鲯鳅|qí qiū} (mahi-mahi, a fish unrelated to the loaches)

Words containing 鳅

• 泥鳅ní qiuloach; mud fish
• 鲯鳅qí qiūmahi-mahi; dorado (Coryphaena hippurus)
• 鱼鳅yú qiu(dialect) see 泥鳅

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)
• 楸qiūCatalpa; Mallotus japonicus

Characters that look like 鳅

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

• 鲸jīngwhale
• 醚míether
• 螈yuánsalamander; newt
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 橛juéa peg; low post
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖

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
• 萩Lespedeza bicolor
• 楸Catalpa; Mallotus japonicus
• 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