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鹞

yào

Character Traditional 鷂

What 鹞 means

1. sparrow hawk
2. Accipiter nisus

Words starting with 鹞

• 鹞鲼yào fènbonnet skate (zoology)

Words containing 鹞

• 纸鹞zhǐ yàokite
• 鹊鹞què yào(bird species of China) pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
• 乌灰鹞wū huī yào(bird species of China) Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
• 白尾鹞bái wěi yào(bird species of China) hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• 白腹鹞bái fù yào(bird species of China) eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus)
• 白头鹞bái tóu yào(bird species of China) western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
• 草原鹞cǎo yuán yào(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)

Characters built on 䍃

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

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 谣yáopopular ballad; rumor
• 瑶yáojade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 徭yáocompulsory service
• 繇yáofolk-song; forced labor

Sounds the same

Read yào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 要to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 药leaf of the iris; variant of 药
• 耀brilliant; glorious
• 曜bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
• 燿brilliant; glorious
• 靿the leg of a boot or sock
• 疟used in 疟子
• 袎variant of 靿