枭
xiāo

owl thus

A bird 鸟 roosting in a tree 木

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

梟 owl thus Traditional

A bird 鳥 roosting in a tree 木

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːw
Unicodekeu

說文解字

不孝鳥也。日至，捕梟磔之。从鳥頭在木上。

Sources

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