qíng​lǚ​yīng​wǔ

lovebird

qíng, qing feeling

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

is a component form of .

Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjeng[dz]eŋ affections; response to circumstances

說文解字

《說文》:“情,人之陰氣有欲者。从心,青聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

companion Simplified

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
pitchpipe

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

yīng parrot Simplified

Components

Sound component
yīng infant
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

species of parrot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
military

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

companion Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ
Unicodeliǔ

說文解字

徒侶也。从人呂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

parrot Traditional

Components

Sound component
yīng infant
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

鸚䳇,能言鳥也。从鳥嬰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

species of parrot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
niǎo bird
Sound component
military

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaʔ
Unicodemiǒ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang