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

fēng peak

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Sound component
féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ
Unicodepiong

Sources

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

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