尥
liàoniǎo

to kick backward with the hind legs

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phonosemantic

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Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components

尢
尢 Meaning component
yóu, wāng lame

Not to be confused with a variant of 尤 (wart). 尢 here is derived from 尣 (curved legs).

勺
勺 Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːw
b·reːwɢs

說文解字

《說文》：“尥，行脛相交也。从尢，勺聲。牛行腳相交為尥。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)