鸼

鸼 · zhōu

ancient name for a bird with black featers and a short tail

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhōu
Cantonese
zau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

ancient name for a bird with black featers and a short tail

Dictionary definitions & readings

鸼 zhōu · used in 鶻鵃 gǔ zhōu

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1504.090:zhōu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
482.040:zhōu Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HYPYM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2742.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1505.141 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E3C
Radical
鸟 · 196
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7205

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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鵃

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74630.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74630.130
kIRGKangXi
1505.141
kKangXi
1505.141
kSMSZD2003Index
569.03
kCangjie
HYPYM
kFourCornerCode
2742.7
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G7-2129
kRSUnicode
196'.6
kTotalStrokes
11
kTGH
2013:7205
kCantonese
zau1
kDefinition
ancient name for a bird with black featers and a short tail
kMandarin
zhōu
kTGHZ2013
482.040:zhōu
kXHC1983
1504.090:zhōu
kTraditionalVariant
U+9D43

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 鸼0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
舟 beside 鸟 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰舟鸟$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰舟鸟$(G)

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