雏 (chú): (bound form) chick, young bird
雏 (chú) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) chick.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 刍 (phonetic) and 隹 (semantic). It ranks #3229 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 雏 bird. Its radical form 隹 (short-tailed bird) appears in many related characters such as 难 (nán, difficult (to...)), 雅 (yǎ, elegant), 集 (jí, to gather).
Definitions
- (bound form) chick
- young bird
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雏菊noun | chú jú | daisy |
| 雏形noun | chú xíng | embryonic form |
| 雏儿 | chú ér | newly hatched bird |
| 雏鸡noun | chú jī | chick |
| 雏形产品 | chú xíng chǎn pǐn | prototype |
| 雏形土 | chú xíng tǔ | cambisol (soil taxonomy) |
| 雏型noun | chú xíng | model |
| 雏菊花环 | chú jú huā huán | daisy chain |
| 伏龙凤雏 | fú lóng fèng chú | hidden genius (idiom) |
| 龙驹凤雏 | lóng jū fèng chú | brilliant young man |
| 幼雏 | yòu chú | young bird |
| 雏凤 | chú fèng | lit. phoenix in embryo |
| 雏妓noun | chú jì | underage prostitute |
| 雏燕 | chú yàn | swallow chick |
| 雏鸽 | chú gē | squab |
雏 appears in 15 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 雏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个雏字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gè chú zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
In Classical Chinese, the character "雏" has different meanings.
至此，延续最少三代的小设计语言初具雏形。
zhì cǐ , yán xù zuì shǎo sān dài de xiǎo shè jì yǔ yán chū jù chú xíng .
At this point, the basic outline of a design language that will span at least three generations has begun to take shape.
...营鼓吹陈柏惟选北市长?酸和沈伯洋“卧龙凤雏”缺一不可
. . . yíng gǔ chuī chén bǎi wéi xuǎn běi shì cháng ? suān hé Shěn bó yáng wò lóng fèng chú quē yī bù kě
...Is the campaign team pushing for Chen Po-wei to run for Taipei mayor? They quip that Shen Bo-yang and Chen Po-wei are "the Dragon and the Phoenix"—neither can be missing.
斑鸠育雏与众不同 高雄民众拍片记录亲情伟大
bān 鸠 yù chú yǔ zhòng bù tóng gāo xióng mín zhòng pāi piàn jì lù qīn qíng wěi dà
The Unique Way Turtle Doves Raise Their Chicks: Kaohsiung Residents Capture the Greatness of Family Bonds on Video
平常不对外公开!京都灵鉴寺“360年前雏人形x百种椿花”春季限定开放
píng cháng bù duì wài gōng kāi ! jīng dōu líng jiàn sì 3 6 0 nián qián chú rén xíng x bǎi zhǒng 椿 huā chūn jì xiàn dìng kāi fàng
Not usually open to the public! Reikaku-ji Temple in Kyoto: "360-Year-Old Hina Dolls x 100 Varieties of Camellias" Spring Special Exhibition
Character Family
隹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the short-tailed bird radical
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