花脸鸭
huā​liǎn​yā

Baikal teal

花 huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

Sources

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

脸 liǎn face Simplified

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

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

鸭 yā duck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴨.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Sources

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

臉 liǎn face Traditional

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·reːmʔ
skʰlam
kramʔ
Unicodelæ̌m

Sources

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

鴨 yā duck Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːb
Unicodeqap

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鴨，鶩也。俗謂之鴨。从鳥，甲聲。”

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)