鹬鸵
yù​tuó

kiwi

鹬 yù, shù snipe Simplified

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸵 tuó ostrich Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴕.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷸 snipe Traditional

Components

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷid

說文解字

知天將雨鳥也。从鳥矞聲。《禮記》曰：“知天文者冠鷸。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鴕 ostrich Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang