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隹 · zhuī

short-tailed bird; Kangxi radical 172

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhuī
Cantonese
zeoi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

short-tailed bird; Kangxi radical 172

Dictionary definitions & readings

隹 zhuī · short-tailed bird

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64090.010:zhuī,cuī,wéi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1523.060:zhuī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
488.070:zhuī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhuī粵zeoi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サイ スイ シ セ ふるとり とり Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
추:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
職追 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2021.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1364.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
057.28 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0575a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+96B9
Radical
隹 · 172
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
0
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6699

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

8 strokes
隹
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 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

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsywij · 職追 · 止合三平脂章 · #172

PHONO-ML, source line 1473; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1436.301
kCowles
358
kDaeJaweon
1867.220
kFennIndex
105.05
kGSR
0575a
kHanYu
64090.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1867.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64090.010
kIRGKangXi
1364.050
kKangXi
1364.050
kKarlgren
458
kMatthews
1466
kMeyerWempe
386
kMorohashi
41937 41937:E0101
kSBGY
057.28
kSMSZD2003Index
756.01
kCangjie
OG
kFenn
52K
kFourCornerCode
2021.4
kHDZRadBreak
⾫[U+2FAB]:64090.010
kMojiJoho
MJ027709 MJ027709:E0101 MJ056921:E0102
kPhonetic
285
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AT
kIRG_GSource
G0-763F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AB41
kIRG_JSource
J0-7032
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-83AA
kIRG_KSource
K1-704D
kIRG_TSource
T1-4F63
kRSUnicode
172.0
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
AB41
kCCCII
234B48
kCNS1986
1-4F63
kCNS1992
1-4F63
kEACC
234B48
kGB0
8631
kGB1
8631
kJis0
8018
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7155
kTGH
2013:6699
kTaiwanTelegraph
7155
kXerox
316:130
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7115+172.8.0
kCantonese
zeoi1
kDefinition
short-tailed bird; Kangxi radical 172
kFanqie
職追
kHangul
추:1N
kHanyuPinyin
64090.010:zhuī,cuī,wéi
kJapanese
サイ スイ シ セ ふるとり とり
kJapaneseKun
TORI
kJapaneseOn
SUI SAI
kKorean
CHWU
kMandarin
zhuī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhuī粵zeoi1
kTGHZ2013
488.070:zhuī
kXHC1983
1523.060:zhuī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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1dictionary records using 隹47forms using this shape13attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right
⿱ Above / below
⿻ Overlaid

Shape description
亻 beside (丶 above (工 overlaps 二)) · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰亻⿱丶⿻工二$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰亻⿱丶⿻工二$(GHTJKP)

^⿰亻⿱丶⿻王一$(X)

^⿰亻⿱亠龶$(X)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.