鹞
yào

sparrow hawk

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷂 sparrow hawk Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglew
lews

說文解字

鷙鳥也。从鳥䍃聲。

Sources

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