jiāo

wren

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
焦 sound component

  Sound component

jiāo

  

burned

鸟 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鹪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiāo

wren; eastern wren

Most common words with 鹪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

eastern wren

鹪鹩

(bird species of China) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)