鷉 (tī): (used in 鸊鷉) grebe (a small div…

Meanings

平静的湖面上，一只鸊鷉不停地钻进水里。

Píngjìng de hú miàn shàng, yì zhī pì tī bùtíng de zuān jìn shuǐ li.

On the still lake a grebe kept ducking under the water.

history

鷉 is not used on its own. It appears only in 鸊鷉 (grebe), commonly written today with the simpler forms 䴙䴘.

register

Archaic and bird-name only, found in old texts and ornithology notes, not in everyday speech.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

The bird radical on the right (written here in the full traditional form) marks the meaning: 鷉 is a small diving water bird.

phonetic

虒 sī

a legendary tiger-like beast

虒 supplies the sound base. The same phonetic appears in 递 (to hand over) and 螔 (a snail).

鷉 tī