hè​fèng

emolument

crane Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

fèng, běng wages

Wages offered  to a person  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
rén person
SoundMeaning component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpoːŋʔ
boŋs
Unicodebhiòng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

crane Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high
Meaning component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaewk[g]ˤrawk white (of birds)
hak[g]ˤawk crane

說文解字

《說文》:“鶴,鳴九臯,聲聞于天。从鳥,隺聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica