bǎo

bustard

Components

Sound component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)
Unknown component
shí ten
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpuːʔ

說文解字

鳥也。肉出尺𦛹。从鳥𠤏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bǎo bustard Simplified

Components

Sound component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)
Unknown component
shí ten
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode