shuǐ​bó​gū

oriental turtle dove

shuǐ water

Depicts the flow of water in a river.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsywijXs.turʔ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)water; river

說文解字

《說文》:“水,準也。北方之行。象眾水並流,中有微陽之气也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.795
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

species of pigeon Simplified

Components

Sound component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

species of Taiwan pigeon Simplified

Components

Sound component
old
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

species of pigeon Traditional

Components

Sound component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

species of Taiwan pigeon Traditional

Components

Sound component
old
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaː
Unicodego

說文解字

鷓鴣也。从鳥古聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica