ān = Ø + an1
quail
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How to pronounce 鵪

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.

= Ø initial

“Ø” (nothing or null) is for Albert Einstein.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

鵪 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
yān = y + an1
variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
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yǎn = y + an3
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
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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 鵪 as component

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

(bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
(bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

Sentences with 鵪

鵪 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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ān

quail

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