鹙鹭
qiū​lù

black drongo

鹙 qiū large waterfowl with naked head Simplified

Components

秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹭 lù heron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷺.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鶖 large waterfowl with naked head Traditional

Components

秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn
鳥
鳥 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 Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰɯw
Unicodetsiou

Sources

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

鷺 heron Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
路
路 Sound component
lù road

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːɡs
Unicodelò

說文解字

白鷺也。从鳥路聲。

Sources

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