The 丑 family
丑 · chǒu · ㄔㄡˇ — clown
Know 丑 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 鈕、紐、妞、扭. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 鈕niǔ · ㄋㄧㄡˇ部首 金 · goldbutton54%
- 紐niǔ · ㄋㄧㄡˇ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkto turn; to wrench54%
- 妞niū · ㄋㄧㄡ部首 女 · femalegirl54%
- 扭niǔ · ㄋㄧㄡˇ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto turn; to twist54%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 丑 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 丑 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 54%.
Words this family builds
- 紐約
- 小丑
- 按鈕
- 扭曲
- 紐約市
- 泡妞
- 扭轉
- 紐約州
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