Chinese Character Wiki
隼

sǔn

falcon

Pictograph of a falcon.

Components
隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts the tail of a falcon.

Evolution

隼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隼  

sǔn

aquiline (nose); a falcon; falcon; Taiwan pr. [zhǔn]

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

準 榫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]urʔ

swinX

sǔn

hawk, falcon


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4094th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+96BC

Shuowen

“鵻，祝鳩也。从鳥，隹聲。隼，鵻或从隹、一。一曰鶉字。”


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