鹞鲼
yào​fèn

eagle ray

鹞 yào, yáo sparrow hawk Simplified

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鲼 fèn fish Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

贲
贲 Sound component
bēn, bì, fén forge ahead

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)

鱝 fish Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang