懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹈

tí

pelican

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵜.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

弟 sound component

弟  Sound component

dì, tì

  

younger brother

Evolution

鹈 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鹈 (鵜) 

tí

pelican

Most common words with 鹈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹈鹕

pelican

鹈

pelican