鸧
cāng

oriole

Components

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鶬 oriole Traditional

Components

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːŋ
Unicodetsɑng

說文解字

麋鴰也。从鳥倉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)