鹫科
jiù​kē

vulture family

鹫 jiù condor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 就 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷲.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
就
就 Sound component
jiù just，then

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

科 kē section

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).

Components

禾
禾 SoundMeaning component
hé grain stalk
斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蝌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːl
kʰoːls
Unicodekuɑ

說文解字

《說文》：“科，程也。从禾，从斗。斗者，量也。”

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)

鷲 condor Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
就
就 Sound component
jiù just，then

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuɡs
Unicodedzhiòu

Sources

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