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鹈

tí

Character Traditional 鵜

What 鹈 means

1. used in {鹈鹕|tí hú}

Words starting with 鹈

• 鹈鹕tí húpelican

Words containing 鹈

• 黑腹蛇鹈hēi fù shé tí(bird species of China) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
• 白鹈鹕bái tí hú(bird species of China) great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
• 卷羽鹈鹕juǎn yǔ tí hú(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
• 斑嘴鹈鹕bān zuǐ tí hú(bird species of China) spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)

Characters built on 弟

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

• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 剃tìto shave
• 涕tìtears; nasal mucus
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 悌tìto do one's duty as a younger brother

Characters that look like 鹈

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

• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 颊jiácheeks
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 鹊quèmagpie

Sounds the same

Read tí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 题topic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 提to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 啼(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 蹄hoof; pig's trotters
• 缇orange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 醍used in 醍醐
• 媞used as phonetic; female name
• 禔well-being
• 鳀anchovy
• 荑(grass)
• 厗old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 锑
• 绨coarse greenish black pongee