栗鸮
lì​xiāo

oriental bay owl

栗 lì chestnut tree, chestnuts

Depicts a tree (木) with chestnuts.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts chestnuts.

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

傈篥慄

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlit[r]i[t] chestnut tree

說文解字

《說文》：“，木也。从木，其實下垂，故从。，古文从西、从二。徐巡說。木至西方戰。”

Sources

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

鸮 xiāo owl Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鴞 owl Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjew[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew owl
Zhengzhangɦraw

說文解字

鴟鴞，寕鴂也。从鳥号聲。

Sources

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