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鹑

chún

Character Traditional 鶉

What 鹑 means

1. bound formquail

Words containing 鹑

• 鹌鹑ān chúnquail
• 雉鹑zhì chún(bird species of China) chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)
• 雪鹑xuě chún(bird species of China) snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
• 灰山鹑huī shān chún(bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
• 蓝胸鹑lán xiōng chún(bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)
• 斑翅山鹑bān chì shān chún(bird species of China) Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica)
• 高原山鹑gāo yuán shān chún(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
• 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)
• 四川雉鹑Sì chuān zhì chún(bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
• 林三趾鹑lín sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
• 棕三趾鹑zōng sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
• 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)
• 黄脚三趾鹑huáng jiǎo sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)

Characters built on 享

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

• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 淳chúngenuine; pure; honest
• 谆zhūnrepeatedly (in giving advice); sincere; earnest

Characters that look like 鹑

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

• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 鹊quèmagpie

Sounds the same

Read chún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纯pure; simple; unmixed
• 唇lip
• 醇alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 淳genuine; pure; honest
• 莼used in 莼菜
• 㵮clear water
• 漘shore
• 𬭚copper drum
• 鯙Scomberomorus sinensis
• 㝄old variant of 纯
• 㝇old variant of 鹑