乌雕鸮
wū​diāo​xiāo

dusky eagle-owl

乌 wū crow Simplified

Simplified form of 烏. Pictograph of a crow. Similar to 鳥.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

呜坞钨邬

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

雕 diāo engrave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttewtˤiwbird of prey
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鸮 xiāo owl Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

烏 wū crow Traditional

Pictograph of a crow. Similar to 鳥.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

摀鎢塢嗚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'u[ʔ]ˤa oh!
'uqˤa crow, raven; black
'uʔˤa 烏桓, 烏丸 Wūhuán: Avars (W. Hàn)

說文解字

《說文》：“烏，孝鳥也。象形。孔子曰：‘烏，呼也。’取其助气，故以為烏呼。，古文烏，象形。於，象古文烏省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鵰 eagle Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu

Sources

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

鴞 owl Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjew[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew owl
Zhengzhangɦraw

說文解字

鴟鴞，寕鴂也。从鳥号聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)