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diāo

sable, mink, marten

🔤 Pictophonetic: 豸 (beast) provides meaning, 召 provides pronunciation
HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (43%)
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Component Breakdown

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豸
zhì
badger; legendary beast
召
zhào
imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
⿰豸召 i

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Component Tree i

zhì
豸
badger; legendary beast
7 strokes
zhào
召
imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 刀 provides pronunciation
5 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 貂 (11)

xuědiāo
雪貂 ↗
ferret
diāopí
貂皮 ↗
mink fur
diāo
貂 ↗
sable or marten (genus Martes)
zǐdiāo
紫貂 ↗
sable (Martes zibellina)
Sāndiāojiǎo
三貂角 ↗
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
shuǐdiāo
水貂 ↗
mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
gǒuwěixùdiāo
狗尾续貂 ↗
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
hēidiāo
黑貂 ↗
sable (Martes zibellina)
diāoxióng
貂熊 ↗
wolverine (Gulo gulo)
DiāoChán
貂蝉 ↗
Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties [[四大美女<sìdàměinǚ>]], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo [[董卓<DǒngZhuó>]] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu [[呂布|吕布<LǚBù>]]
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