领鸺鹠
lǐng​xiū​liú

collared owlet

领 lǐng neck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 領.

Components

令
令 Sound component
lìng command
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

鸺 xiū horned owl Simplified

Components

休
休 Sound component
xiū rest
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹠 liú the owl Simplified

Components

留
留 Sound component
liú to stay
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

領 lǐng neck Traditional

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

Components

令
令 Sound component
lìng command
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (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)

嶺

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鵂 horned owl Traditional

Components

休
休 Sound component
xiū rest
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjuwqʰ(r)u鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl
Zhengzhangqʰu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鶹 the owl Traditional

Components

留
留 Sound component
liú to stay
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ru

Sources

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