pì​tī

grebe

pì, bì a kind of bird resembling the duck Simplified

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a kind of bird Simplified

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鷿 a kind of bird resembling the duck Traditional

Components

Sound component
pì, bì law
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbeːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“,鸊鷈也。从鳥,辟聲。”

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

a kind of bird Traditional

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sound component
sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeː

說文解字

《說文》:“鷈,鸊鷈也。从鳥,虒聲。”

Sources

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