liù

Anthus species (various)

Components

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

Anthus species (various) Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɡlɯw
rɯwɢs
mɡrɯw
ɡrɯw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica