啄
Meanings
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- 1.to peck
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Wiktionary
- 1.to peck (to strike with the beak or bill)
- 2.with a sharp nose; having a nose shaped like a beak (used especially in compounds)
- 3.beak; bill
- 4.bulge; protrusion; point; tip
- 5.to peck
- 6.to bite or hold with the mouth
- 7.to swindle; to rip off
- 8.to pick on; to target someone personally
- 9.to drive a hard bargain; to economically take advantage of; to exploit economically; to penny-pinch; to profiteer; to swindle; to cheat; to be stingy/miserly with (such as overpricing to favor sellers or undervaluing to favor buyers)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rtoːɡ, *toːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 豖 (OC *tʰoɡ) Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
啄食 (of a bird) to peck at food剥啄 (onom.) tap (on a door or window)啄花鸟 flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)啄木鸟 woodpecker竹啄木鸟 (bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)栗啄木鸟 (bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)黑啄木鸟 (bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)啄羊鹦鹉 kea (Nestor notabilis)黄肛啄花鸟 (bird species of China) yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum)大灰啄木鸟 (bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)朱背啄花鸟 (bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)黄冠啄木鸟 (bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)