懂中文 Dong Chinese

鷂

yào

sparrow hawk

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

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

䍃 sound component

䍃  Sound component

yóu, yáo

  

vase, pitcher

Evolution

鷂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹞 (鷂) 

yào

sparrow hawk; Circus species (various); Accipiter nisus