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啁
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chirp

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
zhāo
トウ、チョウ、チュウ、シュウ
たわむ.れる
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.
Components
口 mouth+ 周 circumference =
啁 chirp
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
周 Phonetic component
zhōu circumference
week
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
啁
Regular
Modern
Chinese
啁 [zhōu]
twittering of birds
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
啁啾 [zhōu​jiū] #55,634
(bird) twitter