gú, gǔ, hú
a kind of pigeon
Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 骨 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鶻.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 鹘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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falcon | ||
Huihu, Tang dynasty name of ethnic group corresponding to modern Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wéiwú'ěr] |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4800th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9E58 |
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