鹩
liáo

wren

Components

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鷯 wren Traditional

Components

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrews
reːw

說文解字

刀鷯。剖葦，食其中蟲。从鳥𤋯聲。

Sources

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