鸳
yuān

male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴛.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鴛 male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangquːn
qon
Unicodeqiuæn

說文解字

鴛鴦也。从鳥夗聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)