niǎo

the convolvulus

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

weed

Sound component
niǎo bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

the convolvulus Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːwʔ
tɯːws

說文解字

寄生也。从艸鳥聲。《詩》曰:“蔦與女蘿。”

Sources

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