鹬 (yù) — sandpiper; snipe
Definition
noun
sandpipersnipe
Measure word · 只
Easily confused
- 遇yùsound-alike(bound form) to meet; to encounter
- 欲yùsound-alike(bound form) desire; wish (as in 欲望, 食欲)
- 狱yùsound-alike(bound morpheme) prison, jail
- 浴yùsound-alike(bound morpheme) bath, bathe, wash
- 预yùsound-alike(bound form) in advance, beforehand; pre-
- 玉yùsound-alikejade (a precious stone, often culturally symbolic in Chinese contexts)
Examples
- 鹬。Zhè zhǒng yù shēng huó zài shī dì fù jìn.This kind of sandpiper lives near wetlands.
- 鹬。Wǒ zài hú biān kàn dào yì zhī yù.I saw a snipe by the lake.
- 鹬。yù De zuǐ ba yòu xì yòu cháng.The sandpiper's beak is thin and long.
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 鷸; 鹬 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
鳥鳥niǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
矞
矞yù鷸yù
Same sound today
In the traditional form 鷸, 矞 gives the sound and 鳥 marks a bird.
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