貂
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 貂RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
diāo diao1
- sable or marten (genus Martes)
Words with 貂
- 水貂shuǐdiāomink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
- 黑貂hēidiāosable (Martes zibellina)
- 貂皮diāopímink fur
- 雪貂xuědiāoferret
- 紫貂zǐdiāosable (Martes zibellina)
- 貂熊diāoxióngwolverine (Gulo gulo)
- 狗尾续貂gǒuwěixùdiāolit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)
- 貂蝉DiāoChánDiaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 (sì dà měi nǚ), in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 (Dǒng Zhuó) to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 吕布 (Lǚ Bù)
- 三貂角SāndiāojiǎoCape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island