pigeon

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

合 sound component

  Sound component

  

to join

Evolution

鴿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

(鴿) 

pigeon, dove; Columba species (various); pigeon; dove

Most common words with 鴿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸽子

pigeon

pigeon

信鸽

homing pigeon

放鸽子

to stand someone up

飞鸽

Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)