东仓鸮
dōng​cāng​xiāo

eastern barn owl

东 dōng east Simplified

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 东 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 東.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

冻栋胨鸫岽

Unknown (1)

陈

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

仓 cāng granary Simplified

Simplified form of 倉. Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 IconicSimplified component
hé to join
戶
戶 IconicSimplified component
hù, hu door

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

创枪抢苍舱沧疮跄呛怆炝伧戗鸧

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

舱伧

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸮 xiāo owl Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

東 dōng east Traditional

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

重童鶇棟腖凍

Iconic (4)

重量熏㯥

Remnant (1)

量

Unknown (1)

陳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttuwngtˤoŋ (< *tˤoŋʔ ?)east

說文解字

《說文》：“東，動也。从木。官溥說，从日在木中。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

倉 cāng granary Traditional

Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 Iconic component
hé to join
戶
戶 Iconic component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 12 verified)

蒼蹌艙愴搶嗆創鶬滄瘡戧槍

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

艙傖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshang[s.r̥]ˤaŋ tshang-kaeng 'oriole'
tshangtsʰˤaŋ granary

說文解字

《說文》：“倉，穀藏也，倉黃取而藏之，故謂之倉。从食省，口象倉形。仺，奇字倉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鴞 owl Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjew[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew owl
Zhengzhangɦraw

說文解字

鴟鴞，寕鴂也。从鳥号聲。

Sources

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