赤颈䴙䴘
chì​jǐng​pì​tī

red-necked grebe

赤 chì red

Depicts the color of a large (大) fire (火).

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.
火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 火 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

赫赭赧

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

郝赦哧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhek[t-qʰ](r)Ak red

說文解字

《說文》：“赤，南方色也。从大、从火。烾，古文从炎、土。”

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)

颈 jǐng neck Simplified

Simplfied form of 頸. Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound.

Components

𢀖
𢀖 Sound component
jīng, xíng warp (textile)
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

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

䴙 pì, bì a kind of bird resembling the duck Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

䴘 tī a kind of bird Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

頸 jǐng neck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjiengm-[k]eŋ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)neck
kjiengX[k]eŋʔ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)neck

說文解字

《說文》：“頸，頭莖也。从頁，巠聲。”

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)

鷿 a kind of bird resembling the duck Traditional

Components

辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbeːɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“，鸊鷈也。从鳥，辟聲。”

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)

鷈 a kind of bird Traditional

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

虒
虒 Sound component
sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeː

說文解字

《說文》：“鷈，鸊鷈也。从鳥，虒聲。”

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)