啾 meaning and stroke order
The wailing of a child
How to write 啾, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 啾
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (onom.) wailing of child
- chirp
- kiss (Tw)
How 啾 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 秋 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 啾
啾 is a mouth 口 next to 秋 (qiū, autumn), which gives the sound. Picture small birds chirping with their little mouths in the autumn trees.
啾 is mostly an onomatopoeia for chirping birds or a child's thin crying, and it often appears doubled as 啾啾 (jiūjiū). Example: 小鸟啾啾地叫。(Xiǎoniǎo jiūjiū de jiào.) The little birds chirp. In Taiwan, it can also be a cute word for a kiss.
Common mistake: Learners often read 啾 as qiū because of 秋, but the correct reading is jiū with a j sound. Also do not confuse it with 揪 (jiū, to grab), which has the hand radical 扌 instead of 口.
啾 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 啾
How many strokes are in 啾?
啾 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 啾 mean?
啾 (jiū) means the wailing of a child.
How do you pronounce 啾?
啾 is pronounced jiū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 啾?
The radical of 啾 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 啾 under this radical.
What does 啾咪 mean?
啾咪 (jiūmī) is internet slang popular in Taiwan for a cute kissing sound, a bit like saying "mwah" with a wink. It is very informal and playful.
Is 啾 a common character in everyday speech?
Not very. It shows up mainly in written descriptions of bird sounds, in poems and children's stories, and in playful online chat. In daily speech people more often just say 叽叽喳喳 (jījīzhāzhā) for chirping.