懂中文 Dong Chinese

鴞

xiāo

owl

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

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

号 sound component

号  Sound component

hào, háo

  

call, mark

Evolution

鴞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸮 (鴞) 

xiāo

owl; owl (order Strigiformes)