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què

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què Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
què | que4
English translation
magpie; Pica species (various)

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About què

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

què

Contains the radical

niǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of què

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

昔鳥

Semantic compound

niǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of què . Phonosemantic compound. niǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

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Words with què

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
què magpie què
喜鹊 xǐ què (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)喜鵲
鹊桥 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 niú láng zhī nǚ are allowed an annual meeting鵲橋
扁鹊 Biǎn Què 秦越人 Qín Yuè rén [Qín​Yuè​rén] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝 Huáng dì [Huáng​dì] era扁鵲
鹊巢鸠占 què cháo jiū zhàn to reap where one has not sown鵲巢鳩占

què Decomposition & Compounds

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