cǎi​yù

greater painted-snipe

cǎi, cai hue, color

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
cǎi gather, pick
Meaning component
shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshojXs.r̥ˤəʔ colorful

說文解字

《說文新附》:“彩,文章也。从彡,采聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yù, shù snipe Simplified

Components

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

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

snipe Traditional

Components

Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
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