sǔn

falcon

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Pictograph of a falcon.

Components

Iconic component
Iconic component

Depicts the tail of a falcon.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswinX[s]urʔ hawk, falcon

說文解字

《說文》:“鵻,祝鳩也。从鳥,隹聲。隼,鵻或从隹、一。一曰鶉字。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica