鶹
liú

the owl

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

鹠 liú the owl Simplified

Components

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

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode