楔嘴鹩鹛
xiē​zuǐ​liáo​méi

Cachar wedge-billed babbler

楔 xiē, xiè wedge

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

契
契 Sound component
qì, xiè, qiè deed

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsets.qˤetwedge put in teeth of corpse
Zhengzhangkreːd
sqʰeːd

說文解字

櫼也。从木契聲。

Sources

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

嘴 zuǐ mouth

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
觜
觜 SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鹩 liáo wren Simplified

Components

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹛 méi Simplified

Components

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

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷯 wren Traditional

Components

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrews
reːw

說文解字

刀鷯。剖葦，食其中蟲。从鳥𤋯聲。

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