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鹫

jiù

Character Traditional 鷲

What 鹫 means

1. vulture

Words starting with 鹫

• 鹫科jiù kēAegyptiidae (the vulture family)
• 鹫鸟jiù niǎovulture

Words containing 鹫

• 秃鹫tū jiùvulture; (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
• 海鹫hǎi jiùsea eagle
• 狗鹫gǒu jiùroyal eagle
• 狮鹫shī jiùgriffin
• 兀鹫wù jiùvulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
• 白兀鹫bái wù jiù(bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
• 胡兀鹫hú wù jiù(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
• 黑兀鹫hēi wù jiù(bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
• 白背兀鹫bái bèi wù jiù(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
• 高山兀鹫gāo shān wù jiù(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
• 羌鹫qiāng jiùsea eagle

Characters that look like 鹫

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

• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 鹭lùheron
• 篾mièthe outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip

Sounds the same

Read jiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 就(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 旧old; opposite: new 新; former
• 救to save; to assist; to rescue
• 舅maternal uncle
• 咎fault; to blame; to punish
• 臼mortar
• 疚chronic disease; guilt; remorse
• 厩stable; barn
• 柩bier
• 桕Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
• 僦(literary) to rent; to hire; to lease
• 㠇(name of a mountain ridge)