橙翅噪鹛
chéng​chì​zào​méi

Elliot's laughingthrush

橙 chéng, dèng orange

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrɛng[d]ˤrəŋcitrus tree (Shuōwén)
Zhengzhangtɯːŋs
rdɯːŋ
Unicodedjhɛng

說文解字

橘屬。从木登聲。

Sources

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

翅 chì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
支
支 Sound component
zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyeHs-kʰe-swing
Zhengzhangqʰjes
Unicodeshiə̌

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

噪 zào noise

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
喿
喿 SoundMeaning component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsawHC.sˤaw-sshout
Zhengzhangsaːws
Unicodesɑ̀u

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

鹛 méi Simplified

Components

眉
眉 Sound component
méi eyebrows
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鶥 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmril

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang