seagull

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔejʔˤijseagull; fabulous bird
Zhengzhangqiː

說文解字

鳧屬。从鳥殹聲。《詩》曰:“鳧鷖在梁。”

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yī, yì seagull Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

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