鸠
jiū
Pinyin

Definition

鸠
 - 
jiū
  1. turtledove
  2. (literary) to gather

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

孟德斯鸠
Mèng dé sī jiū
  1. 1 Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
斑鸠
bān jiū
  1. 1 turtledove
鸠
jiū
  1. 1 turtledove
  2. 2 (literary) to gather
鸠山
Jiū shān
  1. 1 Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name
  2. 2 Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister from 2009
鸠摩罗什
Jiū mó luó shí
  1. 1 Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

Idioms (1)

鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn
  1. 1 the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
  2. 2 to reap where one has not sown

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