ān

quail

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
yǎn, yān to enclose

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

ān quail Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
yǎn, yān to enclose

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang