岩滨鹬
yán​bīn​yù

rock sandpiper

岩 yán cliff

The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæm[ŋ]ˤr[a]m (< uvular?)rocky, lofty
Zhengzhangŋraːm
Unicodengam

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

滨 bīn beach Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濱.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹬 yù, shù snipe Simplified

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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Unicode

濱 bīn beach Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpin
Unicodebin

Sources

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

鷸 snipe Traditional

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷid

說文解字

知天將雨鳥也。从鳥矞聲。《禮記》曰：“知天文者冠鷸。”

Sources

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