Read Edit View history 鵪 ān quail Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound. Components 鳥 鳥 Meaning component niǎo bird 奄 奄 Sound component yǎn, yān to enclose Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqoːm Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 鹌 ān quail Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵪. Components 鸟 鸟 Meaning component niǎo bird 奄 奄 Sound component yǎn, yān to enclose Sources Readings & variants Unicode