雏鸟 (chú diǎo) — nestling; fledgling; young bird that has not ye…

Definition

noun

nestlingfledglingyoung bird that has not yet left the nest

Measure word · 只

雏鸟。
Shù shàng de chú diǎo zhèng zài děng dài mā ma huí lái wèi shí.
The nestlings in the tree are waiting for their mother to come back and feed them.
雏鸟，。
Zhè zhī chú diǎo de chì bǎng hái méi cháng hǎo, bù néng fēi.
This fledgling's wings haven't grown fully yet and it can't fly.
雏鸟。
Bǎo hù chú diǎo shì hěn duō niǎo lèi yán jiū zhě de zhòng yào gōng zuò.
Protecting nestlings is an important task for many bird researchers.

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.

雏chúyoung bird

雏 specifies the young stage of 鸟, so a nestling.

Characters in this word

Most 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 雛; 雏 is its simplified writing.

芻隹雛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

隹隹zhuībird

Sound part声符shēngfú

芻

芻chú雛chú(r)

Same sound today

The traditional form 雛 pairs 隹, a bird, with 芻 for the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳥; 鸟 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 鳥 came from a drawing of a bird with a dangling tail; the simplified 鸟 is a later abbreviation.

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