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鳩
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鸠
🇨🇳

dove

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Birds
jiū
キュウ、ク
はと、あつ.める
구
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 bird+ 九 nine =
鳩 dove
鳥 Meaning component
bird
九 Phonetic component
jiǔ nine
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Notes
Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (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)鴯 swallow (alt) (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸠 / 鳩 [jiū]
turtledove; (literary) to gather
Japanese
鳩 、 鴿 はと 、 ハト 同音
noun pigeon; dove
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ハトは平和のシンボルである。
The dove is a symbol of peace.
Japanese Names
鳩 おさむ
Osamu given name
鳩 きゅう
Kyū surname
鳩 く
Ku unclassified name
鳩 はーと
Ha-to female given name
鳩 はと
Hato female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (35)
斑鸠 [bān​jiū] #47,187
turtledove
伊壁鸠鲁 [Yī​bì​jiū​lǔ] #59,813
Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
鸠山 [Jiū​shān] #62,734
Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name
鸠山由纪夫 [Jiū​shān​Yóu​jì​fū] #65,758
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
鹊巢鸠占 [què​cháo​jiū​zhàn] #66,969
the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
鸠江区 [Jiū​jiāng​qū] #68,878
Jiujiang district of Wuhu city 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wú​hú​shì], Anhui
鸠江 [Jiū​jiāng] #73,769
Jiujiang district of Wuhu city 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wú​hú​shì], Anhui
鸠合 [jiū​hé] #73,974
variant of 糾合|纠合[jiū​hé]
厚嘴绿鸠 [hòu​zuǐ​lǜ​jiū]
(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
孟德斯鸠 [Mèng​dé​sī​jiū]
Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
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JAPANESE WORDS (54)
鳩尾 [みぞおち] #20,774
pit of the stomach
伝書鳩 [でんしょばと] #43,640
carrier pigeon
⭐ 糾合 [きゅうごう] #59,115
rally
斑鳩 [イカル] #64,662
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう [はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう] #71,219
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
鳩時計 [はとどけい] #81,258
cuckoo clock
山鳩 [やまばと] #82,928
mountain-dwelling dove
白鳩 [しろはと] #102,695
dove
鳩首 [きゅうしゅ] #110,958
going into a huddle
鳩を飛ばす [はとをとばす] #117,565
to fly a pigeon
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