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zhuó = zhu + o2
to peck
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How to pronounce 啄

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ o2 final

In the observatory’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

啄 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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shǐ = sh + Ø3
hog / swine
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Characters with 啄 as component

啄 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 啄

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(of a bird) to peck at food
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)

Sentences with 啄

啄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhuó

to peck

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