隺
húquèhè

(crane), very high

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Original meaning: crane

From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane).

Components

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◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Line indicating a crane's long neck or its loudness of its call.

隹
隹 Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthowk[g]ˤawk high

說文解字

《說文》：“隺，高至也。从隹上欲出冂。《易》曰：‘夫乾隺然’。”

Sources

Character origin
陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)