(chú): (bound form) chick, young bird

(chú) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) chick.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (short-tailed bird). It ranks #3229 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: short-tailed bird13 strokesFrequency #3229

Definitions

  1. (bound form) chick
  2. young bird

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
chú júdaisy
chú xíngembryonic form
chú érnewly hatched bird
chú jīchick
chú xíng chǎn pǐnprototype
chú xíng tǔcambisol (soil taxonomy)
chú xíngmodel
chú jú huā huándaisy chain
fú lóng fèng chúhidden genius (idiom)
lóng jū fèng chúbrilliant young man
yòu chúyoung bird
chú fènglit. phoenix in embryo
chú jìunderage prostitute
chú yànswallow chick
chú gēsquab
15
Total compounds
80
As first character
20
As last character
0
As middle character

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.

Idioms & Chengyu (2)

fú lóng fèng chúHSK 7+

hidden genius (idiom)

phrase
lóng jū fèng chúHSK 7+

brilliant young man; talented young scholar

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个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.

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běi jīng yǔ yān de yù chú zhì huì guāng míng wǎng

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 雏 (chú) mean in Chinese?
雏 (chú) primarily means "(bound form) chick." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3229 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 雏 have?
雏 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 雏?
The radical associated with 雏 is 隹 (short-tailed bird). This radical appears in many characters related to short-tailed bird.
What are common words containing 雏?
Common words with 雏 include: 雏菊 (chú jú, "daisy"); 雏形 (chú xíng, "embryonic form"); 雏儿 (chú ér, "newly hatched bird"); 雏鸡 (chú jī, "chick"); 雏形产品 (chú xíng chǎn pǐn, "prototype"). There are over 15 compound words containing this character.
Is 雏 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 雏 and the traditional form is 雛.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.