鹚
cí

the fishing cormorant

Components

兹
兹 Sound component
zī, cí now
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷀 the fishing cormorant Traditional

Components

兹
兹 Sound component
zī, cí now
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzɯ
Unicodedzhiə
tziə

說文解字

𪈒鷀也。从鳥兹聲。

Sources

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