峨嵋鹟莺
é​méi​wēng​yīng

Martens's warbler

峨 é lofty

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound. Simplified form of 峩.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːl
Unicodengɑ

說文解字

嵯峨也。从山我聲。

Sources

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

嵋 méi Omei mountain in Sichuan

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

眉
眉 Sound component
méi eyebrows

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbril
Unicodemyi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鹟 wēng Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

莺 yīng oriole Simplified

Simplified form of 鶯. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

鶲 Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鶯 oriole Traditional

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

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

《說文》：“鶯，鳥也。从鳥，榮省聲。《詩》曰：‘有鶯其羽。’”

Sources

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