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The character "鹃", referring to the cuckoo bird, is the simplified form of the traditional character "鵑", both structured as phono-semantic compounds with the phonetic component "肙" paired with the semantic radical for bird, written as "鸟" in the simplified version and "鳥" in the traditional form. This construction links the character's pronunciation to the sound suggested by "肙" while categorizing it within avian-related terms. Historically, the character has been used primarily in compounds such as "杜鹃" to denote the cuckoo, and its structural change involved streamlining the bird radical without altering the phonetic element or its core association with the bird.
Example Sentences Hide
杜鹃花很美。
我喜欢杜鹃鸟。
杜鹃在树上唱歌。
春天来了，杜鹃花开了。
那只杜鹃鸟的叫声很响亮。
我们在公园里欣赏杜鹃花。
杜鹃花是一种常见的观赏植物。
据说杜鹃鸟的叫声预示着春天的到来。