鸛鷒

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Chinese

crane; stork
trad. (鸛鷒)
simp. (鹳𱉏) 𱉏
alternative forms 鸛鷤鹳𫛴

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (7) (23)
Final () (62) (62) (78)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter kwanH dwan tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑnH/ /duɑn/ /t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑnH/ /dʷɑn/ /t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑnH/ /duɑn/ /t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwanH/ /dwan/ /cwian/
Li
Rong
/kuɑnH/ /duɑn/ /t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang
Li
/kuɑnH/ /duɑn/ /t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑnH/ /dʱuɑn/ /t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guàn tuán zhuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gun3 tyun4 zyun1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwanH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qʷˁar-s/
English heron

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 4479 17672 17691
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːns/ /*doːn/ /*tjon/
Notes

Noun

鸛鷒

  1. (Chinese mythology) a kind of bird that could launch arrows back at archers

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