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鸱

chī

Character Traditional 鴟

What 鸱 means

1. scops owl

Words starting with 鸱

• 鸱鸮chī xiāoowl
• 鸱甍chī ménga kind of ornament on the roof ridge
• 鸱枭chī xiāovariant of 鸱鸮

Words containing 鸱

• 黑顶蛙口鸱hēi dǐng wā kǒu chī(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)

Characters built on 氐

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

• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)

Sounds the same

Read chī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吃to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 痴imbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 嗤laugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 哧(onomatopoeia) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
• 螭dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑
• 离mythical beast (archaic)
• 笞to whip with bamboo strips
• 黐birdlime
• 蚩ignorant; worm
• 魑used in 魑魅
• 媸ugly woman
• 樆manjack or cordia (genus Cordia)