懂中文 Dong Chinese

鵜

tí

pelican

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

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

弟 sound component

弟  Sound component

dì, tì

  

younger brother

Evolution

鵜 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鵜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鵜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹈 (鵜) 

tí

pelican

Most common words with 鵜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹈鹕

pelican

鹈

pelican