鹮嘴鹬
huán​zuǐ​yù

ibisbill

鹮 huán, xuán general term for a group of bird (looks like egret) Simplified

Components

睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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Unicode

嘴 zuǐ mouth

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 觜 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
觜
觜 SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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

䴉 general term for a group of bird (looks like egret) Traditional

Components

睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

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)