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ㄉㄧㄠ

diāo

engrave

雕 is a 16 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as diāo in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters or may be used instead.

It is made up of the components (week) and (sparrow).

  • ㄉㄧㄠ

    diāo

    engrave

    • ㄓㄡ

      zhōu

      week

    • ㄓㄨㄟ

      zhuī

      sparrow

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This WEEK it's win[dy ou]t, so I stay in and <CARVE> a SPARROW while peering at one *across* the yard.
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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 雕

Definitions for 雕 pronounced as diāo

  • to carve
  • to engrave
  • shrewd
  • bird of prey
  • variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave
  • bird of prey

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