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秃鹫 (tū jiù) — vulture

Definition

noun
vulture
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 秃鹫。
    Yì zhī tū jiù zài tiān kōng pán xuán.
    A vulture is circling in the sky.
  • 秃鹫。
    tū jiù Yǐ fǔ ròu wèi shí.
    Vultures feed on carrion.
  • 秃鹫。
    Zhè zhǒng tū jiù de tóu bù méi yǒu yǔ máo.
    This kind of vulture has no feathers on its head.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

秃tūbald
鹫jiùraptor

秃 describes the bare head or neck, and 鹫 is a large raptor, together naming the vulture.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 禿; 秃 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 禿 puts 毛 (hair) with 儿 (person), showing a person with little or no hair. The simplified 秃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical picture.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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