Dong Chinese dictionary

hú, què, hè

(crane), very high

Original meaning:

crane

Depicts a bird (隹) with a line on its neck to either indicate a crane's long neck or loudness of its call. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Line indicating a crane's long neck or its loudness of its call.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī

bird

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

隺

hú

very high

隺

què

highly ambitious

隺

hè

a bird flying up high

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

鶴

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

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