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鸥

ōu

Character Traditional 鷗

What 鸥 means

1. common gull

Example sentences

• 海鸥在海面上飞。
  Gulls were flying above the sea.

Words starting with 鸥

• 鸥嘴噪鸥ōu zuǐ zào ōu(bird species of China) gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

Words containing 鸥

• 海鸥hǎi ōugull; seagull
• 小鸥xiǎo ōu(bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
• 渔鸥yú ōu(bird species of China) Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
• 笑鸥xiào ōu(bird species of China) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
• 遗鸥yí ōu(bird species of China) relict gull (Ichthyaetus relictus)
• 银鸥yín ōu(bird species of China) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
• 中贼鸥zhōng zéi ōu(bird species of China) pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
• 剪嘴鸥jiǎn zuǐ ōu(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
• 北极鸥běi jí ōu(bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
• 叉尾鸥chā wěi ōu(bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)
• 弗氏鸥fú shì ōu(bird species of China) Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
• 彭养鸥Péng Yǎng ōuPeng Yang'ou, late Qing novelist, author of Victims of Opium 黑籍冤魂
• 棕头鸥zōng tóu ōu(bird species of China) brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)
• 楔尾鸥xiē wěi ōu(bird species of China) Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
• 灰翅鸥huī chì ōu(bird species of China) glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
• 灰背鸥huī bèi ōu(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
• 乌燕鸥wū yàn ōu(bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
• 白玄鸥bái xuán ōu(bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba)
• 红嘴鸥hóng zuǐ ōu(bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
• 细嘴鸥xì zuǐ ōu(bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
• 须浮鸥xū fú ōu(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
• 黑嘴鸥hēi zuǐ ōu(bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi)
• 黑尾鸥hēi wěi ōu(bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
• 黑浮鸥hēi fú ōu(bird species of China) black tern (Chlidonias niger)

Characters built on 区

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

• 欧ōuohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 呕ǒuvomit
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 讴ōuto sing; ballad; folk song
• 怄òuto annoy; to irritate; to be annoyed
• 沤ōububble; froth

Characters that look like 鸥

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

• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 鸦yācrow
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 玮wěi(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 坻chíislet; rock in river

Sounds the same

Read ōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 欧ohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴to beat up; to hit sb
• 瓯(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 沤bubble; froth
• 讴to sing; ballad; folk song
• 𬉼severe drought; exceptionally hot weather
• 区surname Ou