棕颏噪鹛
zōng​kē​zào​méi

rufous-chinned laughingthrush

棕 zōng hemp palm

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 椶.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
宗
宗 Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsoːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

颏 kē, hái, ké chin Simplified

Components

亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

head

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

噪 zào noise

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
喿
喿 SoundMeaning component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsawHC.sˤaw-sshout
Zhengzhangsaːws
Unicodesɑ̀u

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

鹛 méi Simplified

Components

眉
眉 Sound component
méi eyebrows
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

頦 chin Traditional

Components

亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

head

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːʔ
ɡɯː

說文解字

醜也。从頁亥聲。

Sources

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

鶥 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmril

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang