鵜
tí

pelican

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
弟
弟 Sound component
dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdiːl
Unicodedhei

Sources

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

鹈 tí, tī pelican Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵜.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
弟
弟 Sound component
dì, di younger brother

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode