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鸺

xiū

Character Traditional 鵂

What 鸺 means

1. used in {鸺鹠|xiū liú}

Words starting with 鸺

• 鸺鹠xiū liúcollared owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)

Words containing 鸺

• 领鸺鹠lǐng xiū liú(bird species of China) collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei)
• 斑头鸺鹠bān tóu xiū liú(bird species of China) Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)

Characters built on 休

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

• 咻xiūcall out; jeer
• 貅xiūsee 貔貅
• 庥xiūprotection; shade
• 髹xiūred lacquer; to lacquer

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 修to decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 羞shy; ashamed; shame
• 咻call out; jeer
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 茠to weed; to eradicate
• 貅see 貔貅