Read Edit View history 鶹 liú the owl Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Components 留 留 Sound component liú to stay 鳥 鳥 Meaning component niǎo bird bird Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangm·ru Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica 鹠 liú the owl Simplified Components 留 留 Sound component liú to stay 鸟 鸟 Meaning component niǎo bird bird Sources Readings & variants Unicode