鹪
jiāo

wren

Phonosemantic compound. 焦 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷦.

Components

焦
焦 Sound component
jiāo burned
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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

鷦 wren Traditional

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

Components

焦
焦 Sound component
jiāo burned
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsew

說文解字

《說文》：“，，桃蟲也。从鳥，焦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)