鶉
chún

quail

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
享
享 Sound component
xiǎng enjoy

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzywin[d]urquail
Zhengzhangdoːn
djun
Unicodezhuin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

鹑 chun quail Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 享 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鶉.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
享
享 Sound component
xiǎng enjoy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode