鶩
wù

duck

Components

敄
敄 Sound component
wù, móu to put forth effort
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmoɡs
moːɡ
Unicodemiò
muk

說文解字

舒鳧也。从鳥敄聲。

Sources

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

鹜 wù, mù duck Simplified

Components

敄
敄 Sound component
wù, móu to put forth effort
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode