Short-tailed bird radical 隹 (zhuī): 7 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Short-tailed bird radical 隹 (zhuī): 7 characters隹 (zhuī) is Kangxi radical no. 172, “short-tailed bird”. In this form it is written with 8 strokes.隹 (zhuī) is a short-tailed bird; it appears in bird names and as a sound part in many common characters.The characters range from 11 to 16 strokes. None of them is in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 集 (jí) to gather, 雄 (xióng) male, 雀 (què) sparrow, 雇 (gù) to employ.Characters with this radical11 strokes

雀 (què) - sparrow

12 strokes

集 (jí) - to gather

雄 (xióng) - male

雇 (gù) - to employ

雅 (yǎ) - elegant

雁 (yàn) - wild goose

16 strokes

雕 (diāo) - to carve

← 里 (lǐ) · All characters · 雨 (yǔ) →Data sources

Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License