噪鹃 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zàojuān

Asian koel

zào noise

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

喿 Sound Meaning component

zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sawH	C.sˤaw-s	shout
Zhengzhang		saːws
Unicode	sɑ̀u

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

juān cuckoo Simplified

Components

肙 Sound component

yuàn, yuān to be satiated

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

juān cuckoo Traditional

Components

肙 Sound component

yuàn, yuān to be satiated

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

bird

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kʷeːn
Unicode	guen

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang