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Meaning of 鵠

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(Simplified: 鹄)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 18; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bird) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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Pinyin:
English Definition:center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target
Chinese Definition:
①箭靶的中心。[合]鹄子(箭靶)。
②目标,目的。[例]此其鹄惟在于刑,其刑惟在于任威斩断,而五官之大法无与焉。——章炳麟《商鞅》。
③另见hú;hè。

Example Words:
鵠的 bull's-eye; target; objective
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Pinyin:
English Definition:swan
Chinese Definition:
①水鸟,形状像鹅,体较鹅大,鸣声宏亮,善飞,吃植物、昆虫等(亦称“天鹅”):鹄立。鹄望(殷切盼望)。鹄候。
Example Words:
鵠候回音 hòu huí yīn to respectfully await sb's reply (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
穿
The veteran in velvet found that the diameter of the thermometer was one metre.
2
black swan is the event that is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact.
3
婿
The wandering band abandoned her bandaged husband on Swan Island.
4
Do you know the black oropendola, or the goldfinch, Tengmalm's owl that lives in a forest of spruces?
5
In the early ancient time, "crane" and "swan" share similar pronunciations. "Yellow crane" is generalized from "yellow swan".