懂中文 Dong Chinese

鷗

ōu

seagull

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

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

區 sound component

區  Sound component

qū, oū

  

area

Evolution

鷗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸥 (鷗) 

ōu

seagull, tern; Larus species (various); common gull

Most common words with 鷗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海鸥

(bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)

鸥

common gull

红嘴鸥

(bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)