鷲
jiù

condor

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
就
就 Sound component
jiù just，then

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuɡs
Unicodedzhiòu

Sources

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

鹫 jiù condor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 就 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷲.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
就
就 Sound component
jiù just，then

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode