鸠 (jiū) — (bound form) turtledove; any bird of the dove or pigeon family
Definition
鸠 is a bound-form literary/zoological word for turtledove or pigeon-family birds — it rarely stands alone and usually appears in set phrases like 斑鸠 or the chengyu 鸠占鹊巢.
bound form
turtledoveany bird of the dove or pigeon family
Examples
- 。Tā kàn jiàn yì zhī bān jiū.He saw a spotted dove.
- “鸠”。Zhè ge chéng yǔ jiào "jiū zhàn què cháo".This idiom is called 'the turtledove occupies the magpie's nest'.
- 鸠。Zhè zhǒng niǎo shǔ yú jiū gē kē.This bird belongs to the Columbidae family.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳩; 鸠 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
鳥鳥niǎobird
The traditional form 鳩 pairs 九 as a sound part with 鳥, the bird part; the simplified 鸠 is a later shorthand.
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