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鸵

tuó

Character Traditional 鴕

What 鸵 means

1. ostrich

Example sentences

• 鸵鸟不会飞。
  Tuóniǎo bù huì fēi.
  Ostriches can't fly.
• 为什么鸵鸟不会飞？
  Wèishénme tuóniǎo bù huì fēi?
  Why can't ostriches fly?
• 鸸鹋和鸵鸟有什么区别？
  What's the difference between an emu and an ostrich?

Words starting with 鸵

• 鸵鸟tuó niǎoostrich
• 鸵鸟政策tuó niǎo zhèng cèostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)

Words containing 鸵

• 美洲鸵Měi zhōu tuóGreater Rhea; American Rhea; Rhea americana
• 小美洲鸵xiǎo měi zhōu tuó(ornithology) lesser rhea; Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
• 鹬鸵yù tuókiwi (bird)

Characters built on 它

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

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 坨tuómound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 佗tuócarry on the back
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Characters that look like 鸵

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

• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 躯qūhuman body
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陀(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼hump or hunchbacked; camel
• 坨mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 驮to carry on one's back
• 砣steelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 佗carry on the back
• 沱tearful; to branch (of river)
• 跎to stumble; to waste time
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe