鳩 = 九 + 鳥

鳩 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “pigeon”. It is built from 九 (nine) and 鳥 (bird).

Keyword: pigeon
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiū
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: pigeon, dove, голубь, dove
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鳩 pigeon

Decomposition

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九 nine
鳥 bird

How to find 鳩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nine” + “bird”. 鳩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鳩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.