喙

huì
noun #25,015

Measure Word

一个喙 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 beak; bill (of a bird)
  2. 2 snout; muzzle

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè zhǒng niǎo de huì yòu cháng yòu wān.
This bird's beak is long and curved.
HSK 7-9
Yīngwǔ yòng huì dǎkāi le jiānguǒ.
The parrot used its beak to open the nut.
HSK 7-9
Tā méiyǒu zhìhuì de yúdì.
He had no room to put in a word.

Tips

usage
Beyond the literal meaning (beak/snout), 喙 appears in the formal phrase 置喙, meaning to intervene or put in one's two cents. 不容置喙 means 'allowing no objection'.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
Left 口 - pictograph of an open mouth. As the indexing radical it carries the meaning: a beak is the bird-equivalent of a mouth. Same radical groups 喙 with other mouth-and-speech chars: 嘴 mouth/beak (the more common modern word), 唇 lip, 吻 lips/kiss, 吼 roar.
phonetic
彖 tuàn
to judge; pig
Right 彖 supplies the sound - tuàn drifting to huì via an old t/h alternation. Originally 彖 pictured a pig's head and snout, which also reinforces the 'snout, muzzle' meaning of 喙. The character is rare; most learners meet 彖 only here and in the 易经 judgement texts.

Stroke Order

喙 huì