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鹌

ān

Character Traditional 鵪

What 鹌 means

1. used in {鹌鹑|ān chún}

Words starting with 鹌

• 鹌鹑ān chúnquail
• 鹌鹑馉饳儿ān chún gǔ duò ra type of wonton made in a shape similar to that of a quail (in ancient times)

Words containing 鹌

• 西鹌鹑xī ān chún(bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)
• 日本鹌鹑Rì běn ān chún(bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Characters built on 奄

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

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 淹yānto flood; to submerge; to drown
• 俺ǎnI (northern dialects)
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 庵ānhut; small temple; nunnery
• 唵ǎn(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth…
• 崦yānname of a mountain in Gansu
• 罨yǎnfoment; valve

Characters that look like 鹌

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

• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 颌hé(bound form) jaw
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 鹊quèmagpie
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Sounds the same

Read ān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 安(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 庵hut; small temple; nunnery
• 氨ammonia
• 鞍(bound form) saddle
• 谙to be versed in; to know well
• 桉Eucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn
• 媕used in 媕婀
• 盦container
• 鞌An, a place in the area of present-day Jinan, Shandong where in 589 BC there was a battle…
• 𩽾used in 鮟鱇; Taiwan pr. àn
• 萻small Buddhist temple
• 鶕old variant of 鹌