鶼鶼

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Chinese

mythical bird with one eye and one wing mythical bird with one eye and one wing
trad. (鶼鶼)
simp. (鹣鹣)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kem/
Pan
Wuyun
/kem/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛm/
Li
Rong
/kem/
Wang
Li
/kiem/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6065
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keːm/
Notes

Noun

鶼鶼

  1. (Chinese mythology) Alternative name for 比翼鳥比翼鸟 (bǐyìniǎo, “legendary bird flying in pairs”).
  2. (figurative) devoted couple; loving couple

Derived terms