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鹬 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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鹬 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

鹬 Stroke Order — How to Write 鹬

Stroke Order

鹬 is written in 17 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 鸟, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

鹬 Radical and Character Components

Components:矞鸟

鹬 is a phono-semantic compound: 鸟 (bird) carries the meaning, while 矞 indicates the sound.

Radical: 鸟 + 12 more strokes

鹬 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • yù

Meanings of 鹬 in Chinese

1

yù鹬

A sandpiper: a wading bird with brownish feathers, a long beak and legs, no webbed feet, often found by water or in fields, preying on small fish, insects, and shellfish.
湿地公园里,一只长嘴的鹬正在浅水中觅食。
In the wetland park, a long-billed sandpiper was foraging in the shallow water.

Idioms with 鹬

  • yù鹬bàng蚌xiāng相chí持Standoff benefits a third party
  • yù鹬bàng蚌xiāng相zhēng争third party benefits from two parties' conflict
  • bàng蚌yù鹬xiāng相chí持disputing parties both lose, third party profits
  • bàng蚌yù鹬zhēng争héng衡dispute benefits a third party
  • yù鹬bàng蚌xiāng相dòu斗third party benefits from two parties fighting
  • yù鹬bàng蚌xiāng相wēi危rivals' dispute benefits a third party
  • cì刺hǔ虎chí持yù鹬kill two birds with one stone

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Questions about 鹬

What does 鹬 mean in Chinese?

鹬 (yù) means “A sandpiper: a wading bird with brownish feathers, a long beak and legs, no webbed feet, often found by water or in fields, preying on small fish, insects, and shellfish” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 鹬?

鹬 is pronounced yù in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 鹬 have?

鹬 has 17 strokes.

How do you write 鹬?

鹬 is written in 17 strokes, starting from the radical 鸟. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 鹬?

The radical of 鹬 is 鸟, and 鹬 is a phono-semantic compound.

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