pelican

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
beard

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

pelican Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
beard

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang