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鷸
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鹬
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snipe

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
yù
イツ
しぎ
휼
Components
矞 bore with awl+ 鳥 bird =
鷸 snipe
矞 Phonetic component
yù bore with awl
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
橘 tangerine璚 splendid譎 wily (trad)谲 cunning (simp)鹬 kingfisher (simp)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)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹬 / 鷸 [yù]
common snipe; sandpiper
Japanese
鷸 、 鴫 しぎ 、 シギ 同音
noun usually kana sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (54)
鹬蚌相争 [yù​bàng​xiāng​zhēng] #58,771
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
鹮嘴鹬 [huán​zuǐ​yù]
(bird species of China) ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
三趾滨鹬 [sān​zhǐ​bīn​yù]
(bird species of China) sanderling (Calidris alba)
丘鹬 [qiū​yù]
(bird species of China) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
中杓鹬 [zhōng​sháo​yù]
(bird species of China) whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
勺嘴鹬 [sháo​zuǐ​yù]
(bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
半蹼鹬 [bàn​pǔ​yù]
(bird species of China) Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
反嘴鹬 [fǎn​zuǐ​yù]
(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
大杓鹬 [dà​sháo​yù]
(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
大滨鹬 [dà​bīn​yù]
(bird species of China) great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
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JAPANESE WORDS (27)
鷸 [しぎ] #77,504
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
鷸蚌 [いつぼう] #232,537
a snipe and a clam
田鷸 [たしぎ] #268,582
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
アメリカ大杓鷸 [アメリカだいしゃくしぎ]
long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
アメリカ鰭足鷸 [アメリカひれあししぎ]
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
メリケン黄脚鷸 [メリケンきあししぎ]
wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
中杓鷸 [ちゅうしゃくしぎ]
whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
京女鷸 [きょうじょしぎ]
ruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
反嘴背高鷸 [そりはしせいたかしぎ]
pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
反嘴鷸 [そりはししぎ]
Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
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