雐
hū

a type of bird

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 隹 represents the meaning.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

虧

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷlaː

說文解字

《說文》：“雐，鳥也。从隹，虍聲。”

Sources

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