隹

隹 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG) or 難人土 (XOG), four-corner 2021₄/2021₅, composition ⿰亻⿱亠龶(GHT) or ⿰亻⿻主一(GHT) or ⿰亻⿳丿一龶(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #172, ⾫.

This character is used mostly as a character component. Note that, in Japanese and Korean scripts, the dot stroke (㇔) atop the radical (隹) is written from top-right to bottom-left (instead of top-left to bottom-right) as found in the Kangxi dictionary.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/隹
• 倠, 准, 唯, 堆, 婎, 𡹐, 𡿾, 帷, 惟, 推, 淮, 猚, 陮, 進, 𢜐, 㫿, 椎, 𣨫, 㲝, 焳, 𤙵, 琟, 脽, 𤽼, 睢, 碓, 稚, 𧚮, 䊒, 維(维), 𫄻, 𦑏, 𬚟, 𦩏, 蜼, 𧣽, 誰(谁), 𧳞, 趡, 踓, 𨌴, 醀, 𨲈, 𪟦, 𪻉, 錐(锥), 𪹰, 䨀, 𩋘, 𩜑, 騅(骓), 魋, 䱦, 鵻, 𪍇, 𥽀, 𪏌, 𤒂, 䶆, 𪘮
• 𠃲, 𢽝, 𬆨, 𧡖, 顀, 䳡, 𪕪, 售, 𢛧, 𤊙, 焦, 𪂣, 奞, 寉, 崔, 萑, 㮅, 𫁒, 䍜, 𥯄, 𦋜, 翟, 霍, 瞿, 𫻼, 截, 㕍, 㢈, 痽, 𪋇, 龨, 閵(𫔴), 暹, 嵟, 奪, 奮

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1364, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41937
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96B9

Pictogram (象形) : a short‐tailed bird (e.g. a sparrow). Compare 鳥.

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *twil; compare Tibetan མཆིལ་པ (mchil pa, “a little bird”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with 鵻 (OC *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul) "a kind of bird (turtle-dove?)" > 騅 (OC *tjul) "horse of that bird's color > horse of mixed grey and white color".

隹

1. ^† short-tailed bird
2. ^† Original form of 唯 (wéi, “to be”).

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bird

• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: とり (tori, 隹); ふるとり (furutori, 隹)

• (Tokyo) ふるとり [fùrútórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟to̞ɾʲi]

隹(ふるとり) • (furutori) 

1. the name of the "old bird" radical (隹), e.g. 隺

• It is called "old" bird because it is contained in the character "舊"(old), to distinguish it from other bird radicals (鳥, 酉).

隹 (eum 추 (chu))

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隹: Hán Nôm readings: chuy

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