guā

the crow

Components

Sound component
shé tongue
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːd
koːd

說文解字

麋鴰也。从鳥𠯑聲。

Sources

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

guā the crow Simplified

Components

Sound component
shé tongue
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode