鸮 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiāo

owl

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

bird

号 Sound component

hào, háo

call, mark

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

xiāo

owl; owl (order Strigiformes)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6353rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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