隹

隹 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG) or 難人土 (XOG), four-corner 2021₄/2021₅, composition ⿰亻⿱亠龶(GHT) or ⿰亻⿻主一(GHT) or ⿰亻⿳丿一龶(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #172, ⾫.

This character is used mostly as a character component. Note that, in Japanese and Korean scripts, the dot stroke (㇔) atop the radical (隹) is written from top-right to bottom-left (instead of top-left to bottom-right) as found in the Kangxi dictionary.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/隹
• 倠, 准, 唯, 堆, 婎, 𡹐, 𡿾, 帷, 惟, 推, 淮, 猚, 陮, 進, 𢜐, 㫿, 椎, 𣨫, 㲝, 焳, 𤙵, 琟, 脽, 𤽼, 睢, 碓, 稚, 𧚮, 䊒, 維(维), 𫄻, 𦑏, 𬚟, 𦩏, 蜼, 𧣽, 誰(谁), 𧳞, 趡, 踓, 𨌴, 醀, 𨲈, 𪟦, 𪻉, 錐(锥), 𪹰, 䨀, 𩋘, 𩜑, 騅(骓), 魋, 䱦, 鵻, 𪍇, 𥽀, 𪏌, 𤒂, 䶆, 𪘮
• 𠃲, 𢽝, 𬆨, 𧡖, 顀, 䳡, 𪕪, 售, 𢛧, 𤊙, 焦, 𪂣, 奞, 寉, 崔, 萑, 㮅, 𫁒, 䍜, 𥯄, 𦋜, 翟, 霍, 瞿, 𫻼, 截, 㕍, 㢈, 痽, 𪋇, 龨, 閵(𫔴), 暹, 嵟, 奪, 奮

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1364, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41937
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96B9

Historical forms of the character 隹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s02596 Transcribed ancient scripts L31109 L31110 L31111 L31112 L31113 L31114 L04324 L04325 L04326 L04327 L04328 L04329 L04330 L04331 L04332 L04333 L04334 L04335
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) : a short‐tailed bird (e.g. a sparrow). Compare 鳥.

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *twil; compare Tibetan མཆིལ་པ (mchil pa, “a little bird”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with 鵻 (OC *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul) "a kind of bird (turtle-dove?)" > 騅 (OC *tjul) "horse of that bird's color > horse of mixed grey and white color".

隹

1. ^† short-tailed bird
2. ^† Original form of 唯 (wéi, “to be”).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bird

• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: とり (tori, 隹); ふるとり (furutori, 隹)

• (Tokyo) ふるとり [fùrútórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝto̞ɾʲi]

隹(ふるとり) • (furutori) 

1. the name of the "old bird" radical (隹), e.g. 隺

• It is called "old" bird because it is contained in the character "舊"(old), to distinguish it from other bird radicals (鳥, 酉).

隹 (eum 추 (chu))

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隹: Hán Nôm readings: chuy

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