chī kite Simplified

Components

Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xiāo owl thus Simplified

A bird  roosting in a tree 

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Meaning component
tree

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

kite Traditional

Components

Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhijtʰij鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl
Zhengzhangtʰjil
Unicodechi

Sources

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

owl thus Traditional

A bird  roosting in a tree 

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Meaning component
tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːw
Unicodekeu

說文解字

不孝鳥也。日至,捕梟磔之。从鳥頭在木上。

Sources

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