chóu

match, collate

Depicts two birds facing each other.

Components

Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3)

Remnant (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdju

說文解字

《說文》:“雔,雙鳥也。从二隹,讀若醻。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica