啄 — Chinese character
啄
zhuó
to peck
- Pinyin
- zhuó
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 口 豖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 豖
- Japanese
- 啄 as a kanji
Common words with 啄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啄木鸟 (啄木鳥) | zhuó mù niǎo | woodpecker |
| 啄食 | zhuó shí | (of a bird) to peck at food |
| 剥啄 (剝啄) | bō zhuó | (onom.) tap (on a door or window) |
| 啄羊鹦鹉 (啄羊鸚鵡) | zhuó yáng yīng wǔ | kea (Nestor notabilis) |
| 啄花鸟 (啄花鳥) | zhuó huā niǎo | flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae) |
| 栗啄木鸟 (栗啄木鳥) | lì zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus) |
| 竹啄木鸟 (竹啄木鳥) | zhú zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) |
| 黑啄木鸟 (黑啄木鳥) | hēi zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) |
English words written with 啄
啄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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