Chinese Character Wiki
隹

zhuī

bird

Pictograph of a bird.

Evolution

隹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
隹 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
隹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隹  

zhuī

bird; KangXi radical 172; short-tailed bird

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (8 verified)

隻 難 难 雄 雞 焦 雇 雐 雅 霍 截 雕 雀 雌 崔 瞿 雏 雛 翟 雉 雎

Sound component in 20 characters (8 verified)

推 維 维 誰 谁 唯 堆 淮 椎 稚 錐 锥 帷 睢 暹 騅 骓 碓 萑 倠

Iconic component in 15 characters (15 verified)

進 羅 集 離 雙 奪 奮 隼 雋 隽 雔 䧹 寉 隺 雈

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

准

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

雝 蔺

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

夺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

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tsywij

zhuī

a kind of bird


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5837th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+96B9

Shuowen

“隹，鳥之短尾緫名也。象形。”


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