懂中文 Dong Chinese

鸠

jiū

pigeon

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鳩.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

九 sound component

九  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

鸠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鸠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鸠 (鳩) 

jiū

pigeon, dove; collect, assemble; turtledove; (literary) to gather

Most common words with 鸠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸠

turtledove

斑鸠

turtledove

伊壁鸠鲁

Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher

鸠山

Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name

鸠山由纪夫

Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010