鴟
chī

kite

Components

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhijtʰij鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl
Zhengzhangtʰjil
Unicodechi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鸱 chī kite Simplified

Components

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode