栩栩
xǔ​xǔ

vivid

栩 xǔ, yǔ species of oak

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 羽 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
羽
羽 Sound component
yǔ feather

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaʔ
ɢʷaʔ

說文解字

柔也。从木羽聲。其皁，一曰様。

Sources

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