窠
kē

nest

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰloːl
Unicodekuɑ

說文解字

空也。穴中曰窠，樹上曰巢。从穴果聲。

Sources

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