short tailed bird

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictograph depicting a short-tailed bird. Its form reflects the body and wings of a small bird.

Mnemonic: The graceful curved strokes resemble a small bird in flight with a short, compact tail.

• 隹zhuī🔊

  short-tailed bird

  8 strokes

• 只zhǐ🔊

  only; merely; just

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 隼sǔn🔊

  falcon

  10 strokes

• 隽juàn🔊

  meaningful

  10 strokes

• 雀què🔊

  (bound form) small bird

  11 strokes

• 集jí🔊

  to gather

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 雇gù🔊

  to employ

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 雅yǎ🔊

  elegant

  12 strokes

• 雄xióng🔊

  male

  12 strokes

• 雁yàn🔊

  wild goose

  12 strokes

• 雂qín🔊

  (bird)

  12 strokes

• 雈huán🔊

  type of owl

  12 strokes

• 雉zhì🔊

  ringed pheasant

  13 strokes

• 雊gòu🔊

  crowing of pheasant

  13 strokes

• 雍yōng🔊

  harmony

  13 strokes

• 雎jū🔊

  osprey

  13 strokes

• 雏chú🔊

  (bound form) chick; young bird

  13 strokes

• 雌cí🔊

  female

  14 strokes

• 雒luò🔊

  black horse with white mane

  14 strokes

• 雕diāo🔊

  bird of prey

  HSK 7

  16 strokes

• 虽suī🔊

  although

  HSK 6

  17 strokes

• 雘huò🔊

  red earth used for paints

  17 strokes

• 雚guàn🔊

  (archaic) stork

  17 strokes

• 离lí🔊

  to leave

  HSK 2

  18 strokes

• 鸡jī🔊

  fowl

  HSK 2

  18 strokes

• 双shuāng🔊

  two

  HSK 3

  18 strokes

• 杂zá🔊

  mixed

  HSK 6

  18 strokes

• 雗hàn🔊

  a white pheasant

  18 strokes

• 雟suí🔊

  sparrow

  18 strokes

• 雠chóu🔊

  to collate

  18 strokes

• 难nán🔊

  difficult (to...)

  HSK 1

  19 strokes