qú, gōu, gòu mynah Simplified

Components

Sound component
sentence
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

mynah bird Simplified

Components

Sound component
valley, ravine
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

mynah Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoː
ɡo

說文解字

鴝鵒也。从鳥句聲。

Sources

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

mynah bird Traditional

Components

Sound component
valley, ravine
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloɡ
Unicodeiok

說文解字

鴝鵒也。从鳥谷聲。古者鴝鵒不踰泲。

Sources

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