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See also: 𫛚
U+9CFD, 鳽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CFD

CJK Unified Ideographs
鳽 U+2FA0C, 鳽
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA0C
鱀
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䳎

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 196, +4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一廿竹日火 (MTHAF), four-corner 17427, composition (U+9CFD) or (U+2FA0C))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1483, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46706
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4617, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9CFD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ) : phonetic (OC *kŋeːn) + semantic (bird).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

trad.
simp. 𫛚


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4
Initial () (28) (31)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter ken ngen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ken/ /ŋen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ken/ /ŋen/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛn/ /ŋɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛn/ /ŋɛn/
Li
Rong
/ken/ /ŋen/
Wang
Li
/kien/ /ŋien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kien/ /ŋien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gin1 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4
No. 6162 6173
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kŋeːn/ /*ŋeːn/

Definitions

  1. Chinese pond heron
    alt. forms:
  2. (zoology) bittern, and certain other few species of heron
Compounds

Usage notes

This was an ancient name for the Chinese pond heron. Mainland ornithologists have used this character in naming bitterns and certain other few species of heron.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“wagtail”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of ).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of ).