wild duck Simplified

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Unknown component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cí, zǐ, cǐ a plant yielding a red dye

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
this

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzreː
ʔseʔ
ze

說文解字

茈艸也。从艸此聲。

Sources

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

wild duck Traditional

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Unknown component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangba
Unicodebhio

說文解字

舒鳧,鶩也。从鳥𠘧聲。

Sources

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