鹄
húgǔ

target

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵠.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鵠 target Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːɡ
ɡuːɡ
Unicodehok

說文解字

鴻鵠也。从鳥告聲。

Sources

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