鹦鹉
yīng​wǔ

parrot

鹦 yīng parrot Simplified

Components

婴
婴 Sound component
yīng infant
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹉 wǔ species of parrot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 武 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵡.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
武
武 Sound component
wǔ military

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸚 parrot Traditional

Components

嬰
嬰 Sound component
yīng infant
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

鸚䳇，能言鳥也。从鳥嬰聲。

Sources

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

鵡 species of parrot Traditional

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

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
武
武 Sound component
wǔ military

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaʔ
Unicodemiǒ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang