茶隼
chá​sǔn

kestrel

茶 chá tea

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余
余 Sound component
yú I
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraelˤra(name of a plant)

Sources

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

隼 sǔn falcon

Pictograph of a falcon.

Components

隹
隹 Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts the tail of a falcon.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

榫準

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswinX[s]urʔ hawk, falcon

說文解字

《說文》：“鵻，祝鳩也。从鳥，隹聲。隼，鵻或从隹、一。一曰鶉字。”

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)