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鸠

jiū

Character Traditional 鳩

What 鸠 means

1. turtledove
2. literaryto gather

Example sentences

• 愚鸠是已灭绝的动物。
  Yú jiū shì yǐmiè jué de dòngwù.
  The dodo is an already extinct species.

Words starting with 鸠

• 鸠山Jiū shānHatoyama, Japanese name and place name; Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party…
• 鸠鸽jiū gēdove
• 鸠江区Jiū jiāng QūJiujiang, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市
• 鸠山由纪夫Jiū shān Yóu jì fūHatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
• 鸠摩罗什Jiū mó luó shíKumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
• 鸠合jiū hévariant of 纠合
• 鸠江Jiū jiāngsee 鸠江区
• 鸠集jiū jívariant of 纠集

Words containing 鸠

• 斑鸠bān jiūturtledove
• 鸣鸠míng jiūturtledove
• 山斑鸠shān bān jiū(bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
• 山皇鸠shān huáng jiū(bird species of China) mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia)
• 棕斑鸠zōng bān jiū(bird species of China) laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
• 欧斑鸠ōu bān jiū(bird species of China) European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
• 火斑鸠huǒ bān jiū(bird species of China) red collared dove; red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
• 灰斑鸠huī bān jiū(bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
• 绿皇鸠lǜ huáng jiū(bird species of China) green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea)
• 伊壁鸠鲁Yī bì jiū lǔEpicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
• 厚嘴绿鸠hòu zuǐ lǜ jiū(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
• 孟德斯鸠Mèng dé sī jiūCharles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
• 楔尾绿鸠xiē wěi lǜ jiū(bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
• 橙胸绿鸠chéng xiōng lǜ jiū(bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
• 灰头绿鸠huī tóu lǜ jiū(bird species of China) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
• 珠颈斑鸠zhū jǐng bān jiū(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
• 红翅绿鸠hóng chì lǜ jiū(bird species of China) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
• 红顶绿鸠hóng dǐng lǜ jiū(bird species of China) whistling green pigeon; Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae)
• 绿翅金鸠lǜ chì jīn jiū(bird species of China) common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
• 针尾绿鸠zhēn wěi lǜ jiū(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
• 黄脚绿鸠huáng jiǎo lǜ jiū(bird species of China) yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
• 小鹃鸠xiǎo juān jiū(bird species of China) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
• 斑尾鹃鸠bān wěi juān jiū(bird species of China) barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall)
• 菲律宾鹃鸠Fēi lǜ bīn juān jiū(bird species of China) Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)

Characters that look like 鸠

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

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read jiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 究after all; to investigate; to study carefully
• 纠to gather together; to investigate; to entangle
• 揪to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 啾(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 阄lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 揫to gather; to collect
• 摎to strangle; to inquire into
• 鬏bun (of hair)
• 樛to hang down
• 赳see 赳赳
• 丩old variant of 纠