袅
niǎo

curling upwards

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裊.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
鸟
鸟 Sound component
niǎo bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

裊 curling upwards Traditional

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

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
鳥
鳥 SoundRemnant component
niǎo bird

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeněu

Sources

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