Read Edit View history 尥 liàoniǎo to kick backward with the hind legs Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by cochleoid · Jan 2, 2026, 09:22 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jan 2, 2026, 09:22 AM Maybe this means something more like the hind legs crossing rather than kicking back. I'm not sure. Pretty sure this is at least the decomposition though. Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations Original meaning: to kick backward with the hind legs Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound. Components 尢 尢 Meaning component Not to be confused with a variant of 尤 (wart). 尢 here is derived from 尣 (curved legs). 勺 勺 Sound component Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 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.toolsReadings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
