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huīliǎnwēngyīng

grey-cheeked warbler

huī ashes

Depicts a hand (又) picking ashes left over from a fire (火).

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

火 Iconic component

huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

恢盔诙咴詼

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwoj	m̥ˤə	ashes

說文解字

《說文》：“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.890
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

liǎn face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臉.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥 Sound component

qiān together

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

wēng Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yīng oriole Simplified

Simplified form of 鶯. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾 Sound Simplified component

yìng glimmer

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉 Sound component

together

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡ·reːmʔ
		skʰlam
		kramʔ
Unicode	læ̌m

Sources

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

鶲 Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

oriole Traditional

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

Components

𤇾 Sound component

yìng glimmer

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qreːŋ
Unicode	qɛng

說文解字

《說文》：“鶯，鳥也。从鳥，榮省聲。《詩》曰：‘有鶯其羽。’”

Sources

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