鵂
xiū

horned owl

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

鸺 xiū horned owl Simplified

Components

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

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode