雪鸽
xuě​gē

snow pigeon

雪 xuě snow

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 彗 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
彗
彗 SoundRemnant component
huì, suì broom
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

鳕鱈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjwet[s]ot snow

說文解字

《說文》：“，凝雨說物者。”

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)

鸽 gē pigeon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴿.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鴿 gē pigeon Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkop[k]ˤ[ə]p (no pre-Qín exx.)dove [not in GSR]
Zhengzhangkuːb

說文解字

鳩屬。从鳥合聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)