褐岩鹨
hè​yán​liù

brown accentor

褐 hè coarse woolen cloth

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthat[ɢ]ˤat coarse cloth

說文解字

《說文》：“褐，編枲韤。一曰粗衣。从衣，曷聲。”

Sources

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

岩 yán cliff

The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæm[ŋ]ˤr[a]m (< uvular?)rocky, lofty
Zhengzhangŋraːm
Unicodengam

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

鹨 liù Anthus species (various) Simplified

Components

翏
翏 Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷚 Anthus species (various) Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɡlɯw
rɯwɢs
mɡrɯw
ɡrɯw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica