觜 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zī

beak

Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

cǐ this

Change in sound

觜 and 此 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
觜 tsjweX
此 tshjeX

角 Meaning component

jiǎo, jué horn

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjweX	[ts]ojʔ	beak

《說文》：“觜，鴟舊頭上角觜也。一曰觜觿也。从角，此聲。”