鶘 hú pelican Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound. Components 鳥 鳥 Meaning component niǎo bird 胡 胡 Sound component hú beard Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangɡaː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 鹕 hú pelican Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鶘. Components 鸟 鸟 Meaning component niǎo bird 胡 胡 Sound component hú beard Sources Readings & variants Unicode