lǐng​yán​liù

alpine accentor

lǐng neck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Sound component
lìng command
Meaning component
page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

yán cliff

The rocks that make up a mountain 

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain
Meaning component
shí stone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæm[ŋ]ˤr[a]m (< uvular?)rocky, lofty
Zhengzhangŋraːm
Unicodengam

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

liù Anthus species (various) Simplified

Components

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

lǐng neck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
lìng command
Meaning component
(head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljengX[r]eŋʔ neck

說文解字

《說文》:“領,項也。从頁,令聲。”

Sources

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

Anthus species (various) Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɡlɯw
rɯwɢs
mɡrɯw
ɡrɯw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica