兀鹫
wù​jiù

Eurasian griffon vulture

兀 wù stand tall

Depicts a person with the head emphasized, conveying the meaning "stand tall".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (3)

尧圥堯

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

虺杌阢

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

杌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngwot[ŋ]ˤut amputate the feet

說文解字

《說文》：“兀，高而上平也。从一在人上。”

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)

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

鷲 condor Traditional

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