灰脸𫛭鹰 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huīliǎnkuángyīng

grey-faced buzzard

huī ashes

Depicts a hand (又) picking ashes left over from a fire (火).

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

火 Iconic component

huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

恢盔诙咴詼

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwoj	m̥ˤə	ashes

說文解字

《說文》：“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.890
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

liǎn face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臉.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥 Sound component

qiān together

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

𫛭 kuáng Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yīng eagle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷹.

Components

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

䧹 Sound Meaning component

yīng eagle

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉 Sound component

together

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡ·reːmʔ
		skʰlam
		kramʔ
Unicode	læ̌m

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

鵟 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡʷaŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yīng eagle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound.

Components

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

䧹 Sound Meaning component

yīng eagle

䧹 also serves as a meaning component.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ing	[q](r)əŋ	eagle, falcon

說文解字

《說文》：“，鳥也。从隹，瘖省聲。或从人，人亦聲。，籀文从鳥。”

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)