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隺

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵

crane

Nature →Animals →Birds

hè

コク、カク

あ.がる

Depicts a crane's head on top of a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".

Components

◎ characterless component+ 隹 Short-Tailed Bird =

隺 crane

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a crane's head.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī Short-Tailed Bird

bird

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

隺

Regular

Modern