靴篱莺
xuē​lí​yīng

booted warbler

靴 xuē boots

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鞾.

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghʷa

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

篱 lí bamboo or wooden fence Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籬.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

莺 yīng oriole Simplified

Simplified form of 鶯. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

籬 lí bamboo or wooden fence Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 離 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

離
離 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鶯 oriole Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

《說文》：“鶯，鳥也。从鳥，榮省聲。《詩》曰：‘有鶯其羽。’”

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)