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juān

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juān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
juān | juan1
English translation
cuckoo

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About juān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

juān

Contains the radical

diǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of juān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

肙鸟

Semantic compound

diǎo

Phonetic compound

yuàn

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Example sentences using juān

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zài 英国 Yīng guó 杜鹃 dù juān diǎo shì 报春 de 使者 shǐ zhě .

In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.

杜鹃 dù juān diǎo 预告 yù gào 春天 chūn tiān de 来临 lái lín .

The cuckoo is the herald of spring.

英亩 yīng mǔ 见方 jiàn fāng de 花园 huā yuán 生长 shēngzhǎng 出一大片 dà piàn 绚烂 xuàn làn de 杜鹃花 dù juān huā .

The acre of garden is host to a splendid bank of rhododendrons.

越来越 yuè lái yuè duō de 杜鹃花 dù juān huā 长到 le 蜿蜒 wān yán de 车道 chē dào shǎng

The rhododendrons encroached ever more on the twisting drive.

请勿踩踏 cǎi tà 杜鹃花 dù juān huā

Please don't trample on the azaleas.

Words with juān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
杜鹃 dù juān cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 dù juān niǎo )杜鵑
杜鹃花 dù juān huā Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)杜鵑花
juān cuckoo juān
杜鹃科 dù juān kē Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 dù juān niǎo 杜鵑科
杜鹃座 Dù juān zuò Tucana (constellation)杜鵑座

juān Decomposition & Compounds

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