duck

Components

Sound component
wù, móu to put forth effort
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmoɡs
moːɡ
Unicodemiò
muk

說文解字

舒鳧也。从鳥敄聲。

Sources

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

wù, mù duck Simplified

Components

Sound component
wù, móu to put forth effort
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode