貂

diāo

Radical: 豸 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

貂 decomposes into the following components:

豸 召

Semantic component: 豸; phonetic component: 召.

Words containing 貂

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 貂.

水貂
shuǐ diāo
mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
紫貂
zǐ diāo
sable (Martes zibellina)
貂熊
diāo xióng
wolverine (Gulo gulo)
貂皮
diāo pí
mink fur
貂蝉
diāo chán
Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
雪貂
xuě diāo
ferret
黑貂
hēi diāo
sable (Martes zibellina)
三貂角
sān diāo jiǎo
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
狗尾续貂
gǒu wěi xù diāo
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)

Related characters (radical 豸)

Characters that share the radical 豸.

䝙 豸 豹 豺 豻 貅 貆 貇 貉 貊 貌 貍 貓 貔 貘

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