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Translingual
Han character
鴳 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十女竹日火 (JVHAF) or 難十女竹日 (XJVHA), four-corner 37427, composition ⿰安鳥)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1487, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46852
- Dae Jaweon: page 2019, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4633, character 3
- Unihan data for U+9D33
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 安
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*qaːn
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| 鞍
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*qaːn
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| 鞌
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*qaːn
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| 侒
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*qaːn
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| 按
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*qaːns
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| 案
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*qaːns
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| 洝
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*qaːns
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| 荌
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*qaːns
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| 晏
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*qaːns, *qraːns
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| 鴳
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*qraːns
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| 騴
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*qraːns
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| 鷃
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*qraːns
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| 頞
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*qaːd
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| 胺
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*qaːd
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| 咹
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*qaːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qraːns) : phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ha:r (“fowl, chicken”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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鴳
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔænH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁ<r>a-s/
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| English
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a kind of quail
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鴳
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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21
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Phonetic
component
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安
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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晏
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Old
Chinese
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/*qraːns/
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Definitions
鴳
- (archaic) quail
- Only used in 鴳雀／𫛩雀 (“quail”).
Japanese
Kanji
鴳
(Hyōgai kanji)
- quail
Readings
Korean
Hanja
鴳 (eum 안 (an))
- quail
Vietnamese
Han character
鴳: Hán Nôm readings: yến
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References