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乌贼

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
cuttlefish

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
乌
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *乌* | 乌* | *乌
4画
crow, rook, raven; black, dark
烏
2712
PVSM
贼
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *贼* | 贼* | *贼
10画
thief, traitor; kill
賊
7385
BOIJ

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
乌贼
cuttlefish
乌
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乌* | 乌* | *乌
abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰, Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦 etc / surname Wu
乌
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乌* | 乌* | *乌
crow / black
乌
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乌* | 乌* | *乌
 贼
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贼* | 贼* | *贼
thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)