xiāo​xióng

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xiāo owl thus Simplified

A bird  roosting in a tree 

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Meaning component
tree

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xióng male of species

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm
Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjuwng[ɢ]ʷəŋ male

說文解字

《說文》:“雄,鳥父也。从隹,厷聲。”

Sources

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

owl thus Traditional

A bird  roosting in a tree 

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Meaning component
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