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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dié, yì
Cantonese: dit6

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: the cuckoo, a kind of pigeon, a kind of water bird

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鳥部》䳀 鋪豉也。从鳥失聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【鳥字部】 䳀
【唐韻】夷質切【集韻】【類篇】弋質切,𠀤音逸。【說文】䳀,鋪豉也。鋪豉,鳥名。【爾雅·釋鳥】鴩,餔𢻃。【郭註】未詳。【正字通】爾雅䳀餔𢻃,玉篇作鋪豉,一說𢻃或豉之譌。按餔𢻃因鳥聲而名之,如泥滑,滑脫,破袴之類,自宜從爾雅爲正。通雅曰:卽鵓鳩,俗譌呼鵓姑子。又倉頡篇,餔穀鳥卽布穀。據此說,餔豉亦餔穀之譌。又【集韻】【類篇】𠀤徒結切,音迭。又【集韻】他結切,音鐵。義𠀤同。