huán

owl

Pictograph of an owl.

Components

Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts the head of an owl.

Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwanɢʷˤar a kind of owl

說文解字

《說文》:“萑,鴟屬。从隹,从,有毛角。所鳴‘其民有旤’。讀若和。”

Sources

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