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jiū
pigeon; to collect, to assemble
🔤 Pictophonetic: 鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 九 provides pronunciation
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Words Using 鸠 (31)

jiū
turtle-dove / Turtur orientalis / penis (slang, esp. Cantonese)
小鹃鸠
xiǎojuānjiū
(Chinese bird species) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
棕斑鸠
zōngbānjiū
(Chinese bird species) laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
山皇鸠
shānhuángjiū
(Chinese bird species) mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia)
斑尾鹃鸠
bānwěijuānjiū
(Chinese bird species) barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall)
斑鸠
bānjiū
turtledove
山斑鸠
shānbānjiū
(Chinese bird species) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
楔尾绿鸠
xiēwěilǚjiū
(Chinese bird species) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
橙胸绿鸠
chéngxiōnglǚjiū
(Chinese bird species) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
孟德斯鸠
Mèngdésījiū
Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
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