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鴿
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鸽
🇨🇳

pigeon

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
gē
コウ
はと、どばと
합
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 bird+ 合 fit =
鴿 pigeon
鳥 Meaning component
bird
合 Phonetic component
hé fit
variant of 合[hé]
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Notes
Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸽 / 鴿 [gē]
pigeon; dove
Japanese
鳩 、 鴿 はと 、 ハト 同音
noun pigeon; dove
土鳩 、 鴿 どばと 、 ドバト 同音
noun usually kana domestic pigeon; feral pigeon
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ハトは平和のシンボルである。
The dove is a symbol of peace.
CHINESE WORDS (22)
鸽子 [gē​zi] #4,212
pigeon
信鸽 [xìn​gē] #22,508
homing pigeon
放鸽子 [fàng​gē​zi] #34,972
to stand someone up
飞鸽 [Fēi​gē] #40,916
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
和平鸽 [hé​píng​gē] #42,711
dove of peace
鹁鸽 [bó​gē] #69,183
pigeon
岩鸽 [yán​gē] #72,470
(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)
原鸽 [yuán​gē] #73,983
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)
传书鸽 [chuán​shū​gē] #75,260
carrier pigeon (used for mail)
中亚鸽 [Zhōng​yà​gē]
(bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni)
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
⭐ 鳩 [はと] #12,635
pigeon
土鳩 [どばと] #147,402
domestic pigeon