鹳嘴翡翠
guàn​zuǐ​fěi​cuì

stork-billed kingfisher

鹳 guàn, huān, quán crane Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鸛.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Sources

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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
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

翡 fěi kingfisher

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯls
Unicodebhiə̀i

說文解字

赤羽雀也。出鬱林。从羽非聲。

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

翠 cuì color green

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰuds
Unicodetsuì

說文解字

青羽雀也。出鬱林。从羽卒聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鸛 crane Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanHC.qʷˤar-sheron
Zhengzhangkoːns

說文解字

鸛專，畐蹂。如䧿，短尾。射之，銜矢射人。从鳥雚聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)