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ㄐㄧㄡ

jiū

turtle-dove

鳩 is a 13 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jiū in the first tone.

In simplified Chinese the character 鸠 is used.

It is made up of the components 九 (nine) and 鳥 (bird).

  • 鳩
    ㄐㄧㄡ

    jiū

    turtle-dove

    • 九
      ㄐㄧㄡ ˇ

      jiǔ

      nine

    • 鳥
      ㄋㄧㄠ ˇ

      niǎo

      bird

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 鳩

Definitions for 鳩 pronounced as jiū

  • turtledove
  • (literary) to gather

Vocabulary

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