zhèn​yǔ

poisonous feathers

zhèn a bird resembling the secretary falcon Simplified

Components

Sound component
yín, yóu to move on
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

feather

Pictograph of feathers.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 22 verified)

Unknown (0 of 6 verified)

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjuX[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ feather, wing

說文解字

《說文》:“羽,鳥長毛也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

a bird resembling the secretary falcon Traditional

Components

Sound component
yín, yóu to move on
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrimH[l]r[ə]m-spoison (v.)
Zhengzhangl'ums

說文解字

毒鳥也。从鳥冘聲。一名運日。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica