Chinese Character Wiki

䳶

xī

(same as 㶉) a kind of water bird

Evolution

䳶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
䳶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
䳶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䳶 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Definitions

䳶  

xī

(same as 㶉) a kind of water bird, (same as 雞) chickens

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+4CF6

Shuowen

“雞，知時畜也。从隹，奚聲。鷄，籀文雞从鳥。”


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