a kind of pigeon

Components
骨 sound component

  Sound component

  

bone

鳥 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鶻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鶻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

a kind of pigeon; falcon

() 

migratory bird

Most common words with 鶻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

falcon

回鹘

Huihu, Tang dynasty name of ethnic group corresponding to modern Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wéi​wú​'ěr]