鸪
gū

species of Taiwan pigeon

Components

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鴣 species of Taiwan pigeon Traditional

Components

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaː
Unicodego

說文解字

鷓鴣也。从鳥古聲。

Sources

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