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鹕

hú

Character Traditional 鶘

What 鹕 means

1. used in {鹈鹕|tí hú}

Words containing 鹕

• 鹈鹕tí húpelican
• 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 胡

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

• 湖húlake
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 葫húused in 葫芦
• 醐húused in 醍醐
• 煳húburnt; to char
• 猢húused in 猢狲

Characters that look like 鹕

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

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 鹋miáoused in 鸸鹋
• 锵qiāngtinkling of small bells

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 斛ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗…
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 瑚used in 珊瑚
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树