懂中文 Dong Chinese

鸮

xiāo

owl

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴞.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

号 sound component

号  Sound component

hào, háo

  

call, mark

Evolution

鸮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鸮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鸮 (鴞) 

xiāo

owl; owl (order Strigiformes)