鵑

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See also: 鹃
鵑 U+9D51, 鵑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D51
← 鵐
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鵒 →

Translingual

Han character

鵑 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口月竹日火 (RBHAF), four-corner 67227, composition ⿰肙鳥)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1490, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46924
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2020, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4635, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9D51

Chinese

trad. 鵑
simp. 鹃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鵑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古玄切
Baxter kwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/kuen/
Wang
Li 		/kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鵑
Reading # 1/1
No. 16070
Phonetic
component 		肙
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		涓
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷeːn/

Definitions

鵑

  1. Only used in 杜鵑／杜鹃 (dùjuān, “cuckoo”); also used as its short form.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

鵑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: ほととぎす (hototogisu)

Korean

Hanja

鵑 (eum 견 (gyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵑: Hán Nôm readings: quyên

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References

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