Definitions

bēi bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae

Etymology phono-semantic

bird

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

The character "鹎" derives from its traditional form "鵯", a phono-semantic compound with "卑" as the phonetic element and "鳥" as the semantic radical denoting a bird, specifically created to reference the bulbul. Its meaning has stayed consistently tied to this bird species, and the simplified form "鹎" retains the phonetic component while substituting the semantic radical with the simplified "鸟", maintaining the original structural logic without semantic alteration.