zhì

hawk

Components

Sound component
zhí hold in hand
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

hawk Traditional

Components

Sound component
zhí hold in hand
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyijH[t]ip-sbird of prey
Zhengzhangtjibs
Unicode

說文解字

擊殺鳥也。从鳥執聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica