jiù

condor

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
鸟 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

就 sound component

  Sound component

jiù

  

just

Evolution

鹫 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹫 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹫 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jiù

condor, vulture; vulture

Most common words with 鹫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

vulture

秃鹫

vulture

兀鹫

vulture