xiāo = xi + ao1
owl (order Strigiformes)
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How to pronounce 鴞

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

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鴞 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
háo = h + ao2
roar / cry / CL:個|个[ge4]
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hào = h + ao4
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
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diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
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niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
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Characters with 鴞 as component

鴞 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 鴞

(bird species of China) barn owl (Tyto alba)
(bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
(bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)

Sentences with 鴞

鴞 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiāo

owl (order Strigiformes)

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