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鸫

dōng

Character Traditional 鶇

What 鸫 means

1. thrush (bird of genus Turdus)

Example sentences

• 那只黑鸟不是乌鸫。
  That black bird is not a blackbird.
• 乌鸫的羽毛是黑色的。
  The blackbirds' feathers are black.
• 乌鸫在绿草中发现了一条小红虫。
  The blackbird found a little red worm in the green grass.

Words containing 鸫

• 岛鸫dǎo dōng(bird species of China) island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
• 斑鸫bān dōng(bird species of China) dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus)
• 槲鸫hú dōng(bird species of China) mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
• 乌鸫wū dōng(bird species of China) Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus)
• 田鸫tián dōng(bird species of China) fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
• 大场鸫Dà chǎng DōngOHBA Tsugumi (pen-name), author of cult series Death Note 死亡笔记
• 梯氏鸫Tī shì dōng(bird species of China) Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor)
• 欧歌鸫ōu gē dōng(bird species of China) song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
• 灰翅鸫huī chì dōng(bird species of China) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
• 灰背鸫huī bèi dōng(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
• 灰头鸫huī tóu dōng(bird species of China) chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
• 乌灰鸫wū huī dōng(bird species of China) Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
• 白眉鸫bái méi dōng(bird species of China) eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
• 白腹鸫bái fù dōng(bird species of China) pale thrush (Turdus pallidus)
• 白颈鸫bái jǐng dōng(bird species of China) white-collared blackbird (Turdus albocinctus)
• 红尾鸫hóng wěi dōng(bird species of China) Naumann's thrush (Turdus naumanni)
• 紫啸鸫zǐ xiào dōng(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
• 蓝矶鸫lán jī dōng(bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
• 褐头鸫hè tóu dōng(bird species of China) grey-sided thrush (Turdus feae)
• 赤胸鸫chì xiōng dōng(bird species of China) brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
• 赤颈鸫chì jǐng dōng(bird species of China) red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
• 黑胸鸫hēi xiōng dōng(bird species of China) black-breasted thrush (Turdus dissimilis)
• 黑颈鸫hēi jǐng dōng(bird species of China) black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
• 光背地鸫guāng bèi dì dōng(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)

Characters built on 东

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

• 冻dòngto freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
• 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 胨dòngsee 蛋白胨

Sounds the same

Read dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 东east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 冬winter
• 咚(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 氡radon (chemistry)
• 崠name of a mountain
• 涷rainstorm
• 岽place name in Guangxi province
• 𬟽used in 䗖𬟽dì dōng