鷸
yù

snipe

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷid

說文解字

知天將雨鳥也。从鳥矞聲。《禮記》曰:“知天文者冠鷸。”

Sources

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

鹬 yù, shù snipe Simplified

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode