liù

Anthus species (various)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɡlɯw
rɯwɢs
mɡrɯw
ɡrɯw

Sources

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

liù Anthus species (various) Simplified

Components

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode