鸭梨
yā​lí

white pear

鸭 yā duck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴨.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

梨 lí pear

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangril
Unicodeli

Sources

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

鴨 yā duck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːb
Unicodeqap

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鴨，鶩也。俗謂之鴨。从鳥，甲聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)