靴隼雕
xuē​sǔn​diāo

booted eagle

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

隼 sǔn falcon

Pictograph of a falcon.

Components

隹
隹 Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts the tail of a falcon.


Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

榫準

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

雕 diāo engrave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttewtˤiwbird of prey
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鵰 eagle Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica