鹠

鹠 · liú

the owl

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
liú
Cantonese
lau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

the owl

Dictionary definitions & readings

鹠 liú · used in 鵂鶹 xiū liú

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0728.050:liú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
228.140:liú Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HWPYM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7762.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1505.141 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E60
Radical
鸟 · 196
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7805

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

15 strokes
鹠
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鶹

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74652.061
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74652.061
kIRGKangXi
1505.141
kKangXi
1505.141
kCangjie
HWPYM
kFourCornerCode
7762.7
kPhonetic
782*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
GHZR-84960.07
kRSUnicode
196'.10
kTotalStrokes
15
kCCCII
295C32
kTGH
2013:7805
kCantonese
lau4
kDefinition
the owl
kMandarin
liú
kTGHZ2013
228.140:liú
kXHC1983
0728.050:liú
kTraditionalVariant
U+9DB9

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 鹠0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
留 beside 鸟 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰留鸟$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰留鸟$(G)

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