懂中文 Dong Chinese

鳩

jiū

pigeon

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

九 sound component

九  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

鳩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鳩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸠 (鳩) 

jiū

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

Most common words with 鳩
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