暗鹭
àn​lù

night heron

暗 àn dark

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
音
音 Sound component
yīn sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'omHqˤum-s dark

說文解字

《說文》：“暗，日無光也。从日，音聲。”

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)

鹭 lù heron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷺.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷺 heron Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːɡs
Unicodelò

說文解字

白鷺也。从鳥路聲。

Sources

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