啁啾
zhōu​jiū

twittering

啁 zhāo, zhōu, dāo chirp

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttræwtˤriwtwitter, noise
Zhengzhangtuːw
rtɯːw
tɯw

說文解字

啁，嘐也。从口周聲。

Sources

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

啾 jiū wailing of child

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯw
Unicodetziou

說文解字

小兒聲也。从口秋聲。

Sources

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