鶻
húgǔ

a kind of pigeon

Components

骨
骨 Sound component
gǔ, gú bone
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡruːd
kuːd
ɡuːd
Unicodehuət

說文解字

鶻鵃也。从鳥骨聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鹘 gú, hú, gǔ a kind of pigeon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 骨 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鶻.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
骨
骨 Sound component
gǔ, gú bone

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode