鸱鸮
chī​xiāo

owl

鸱 chī kite Simplified

Components

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸮 xiāo owl Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鴟 kite Traditional

Components

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhijtʰij鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl
Zhengzhangtʰjil
Unicodechi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鴞 owl Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
号
号 Sound component
hào, hao, háo call, mark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjew[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew owl
Zhengzhangɦraw

說文解字

鴟鴞，寕鴂也。从鳥号聲。

Sources

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