紙鳶

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Chinese

paper kite
trad. (紙鳶)
simp. (纸鸢)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (36)
Final () (11) (78)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyeX ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇX/ /jiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛX/ /jʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛX/ /juæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆X/ /jwian/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕieX/ /iuɛn/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐeX/ /jĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯X/ /i̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǐ yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2 jyun4

Noun

紙鳶

  1. (literary) kite

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紙鳶):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たこ
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
いか
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
いかのぼり
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 紙鳶 – see the following entry.
たこJ
(toy) kite (a tethered object lifted by wind)
いかJ
(Kansai) kite
いかのぼりJ
kite
(This term, 紙鳶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
えん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(えん) (shien

  1. kite

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN