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鸻

héng

Character Traditional 鴴

What 鸻 means

1. plover

Words starting with 鸻

• 鸻科héng kēCharadriidae (plover family)

Words containing 鸻

• 剑鸻jiàn héng(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
• 大石鸻dà shí héng(bird species of China) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris)
• 小嘴鸻xiǎo zuǐ héng(bird species of China) Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)
• 东方鸻dōng fāng héng(bird species of China) oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus)
• 欧石鸻ōu shí héng(bird species of China) Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
• 灰斑鸻huī bān héng(bird species of China) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• 灰燕鸻huī yàn héng(bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
• 环颈鸻huán jǐng héng(bird species of China) Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
• 红胸鸻hóng xiōng héng(bird species of China) Caspian plover (Anarhynchus asiaticus)
• 金斑鸻jīn bān héng(bird species of China) Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
• 金眶鸻jīn kuàng héng(bird species of China) little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)
• 领燕鸻lǐng yàn héng(bird species of China) collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
• 马来鸻mǎ lái héng(bird species of China) Malaysian plover (Anarhynchus peronii)
• 普通燕鸻pǔ tōng yàn héng(bird species of China) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
• 欧金斑鸻ōu jīn bān héng(bird species of China) European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• 美洲金鸻Měi zhōu jīn héng(bird species of China) American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• 蒙古沙鸻Měng gǔ shā héng(bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
• 铁嘴沙鸻tiě zuǐ shā héng(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
• 长嘴剑鸻cháng zuǐ jiàn héng(bird species of China) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus)
• 黑翅燕鸻hēi chì yàn héng(bird species of China) black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

Characters built on 行

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

• 衡héngto weigh; weight; measure
• 珩héngtop gem of pendant from girdle

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡to weigh; weight; measure
• 横horizontal; across; crosswise
• 恒permanent; constant; fixed
• 行used in 道行
• 珩top gem of pendant from girdle
• 蘅Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
• 姮feminine name (old)
• 胻calf (lower leg); (arch.) belly
• 揘used in 揘毕
• 𨱑bell
• 鑅(onomatopoeia) for sound of bell (arch.)
• 桁pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole