Nestling character

𪆪 is a written variant of 鷇 (Mandarin kòu), meaning a nestling still fed by its parent. The Shuowen Jiezi character dictionary defines 鷇 this way; the Fangyan, a regional speech dictionary from China's Han dynasty, records the word for sparrow and chicken chicks in northern dialects. Pei Songzhi's 5th-century note to the Chinese chronicle Records of the Three Kingdoms uses 𪆪 to describe sparing young birds in a ruined nest.