蓝翅噪鹛 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lánchìzàoméi

blue-winged laughingthrush

lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藍.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

监 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

蓝 and 监 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蓝 *[N-k.]rˤam
监 *[k]ˤram

Historical Pronunciations

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

chì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeH	s-kʰe-s	wing
Zhengzhang		qʰjes
Unicode	shiə̌

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

zào noise

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

喿 Sound Meaning component

zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sawH	C.sˤaw-s	shout
Zhengzhang		saːws
Unicode	sɑ̀u

Sources

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

méi Simplified

Components

眉 Sound component

méi eyebrows

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

藍 and 監 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
藍 *[N-k.]rˤam
監 *[k]ˤram

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lam	[N-k.]rˤam	indigo

說文解字

《說文》：“藍，染青草也。从艸，監聲。”

Sources

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

鶥 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	mril

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

蓝 lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

Components

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翅 chì wings

Components

Character Evolution

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噪 zào noise

Components

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鹛 méi Simplified

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藍 lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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鶥 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

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lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

chì wings

zào noise

méi Simplified

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional