爪哇池鹭
Zhǎo​wā​chí​lù

Javan pond heron

爪 zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw

Pictograph of a hand or claw pointing downwards.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (2)

色印

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

抓笊

Meaning (2)

抓爬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsraewX[ts]ˤ<r>uʔ claw

說文解字

《說文》：“爪，也。覆手曰爪，象形。”

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)

哇 wa, wā wow!

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqreː
qʷraː

說文解字

《說文》：“哇，諂聲也。从口，圭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

池 chí pool

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

也
也 Sound component
yě also
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjeCə.lraj pool (n.)

Sources

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

鹭 lù heron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷺.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷺 heron Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːɡs
Unicodelò

說文解字

白鷺也。从鳥路聲。

Sources

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