曳尾鹱
yè​wěi​hù

wedge-tailed shearwater

曳 yè pull, drag

Pictograph of two hands pulling something.

Components

𦥑
𦥑 Iconic component
jú, jǔ, póu two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𦥑 than it was in ancient scripts.
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an object.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

拽洩

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

拽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangleds
led
Unicodeiɛ̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“曳，臾曳也。从申，丿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.983
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

尾 wěi tail

Depicts fur (毛) protruding from the posterior of a person (尸) wearing a decorative tail.

Components

尸
尸 Iconic component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person sitting or squatting.

毛
毛 Iconic component
máo, mao hair

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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 Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Component uses

Meaning (3 of 4 verified)

属屈艉屬

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

犀娓艉

Remnant (1)

屈

Iconic (1)

隶

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmj+jX[m]əjʔ tail

說文解字

《說文》：“尾，微也。从到毛在尸後。古人或飾系尾，西南夷亦然。”

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)

鹱 hù Simplified

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸌 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang