鵾

鵾 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹日火 (APHAF), composition ⿰昆鳥)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47036
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4640, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9D7E

Attested earliest in the Chu Ci and Guanzi (translated based on Rickett, 1998):

• 鵾鴻群晨，雜鶖鶬只。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹍鸿群晨，杂鹙鸧只。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hóng qún chén, zá qiū qiāng zhǐ.

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• 鵾鶴孤而夜號兮，哀居者之誠貞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹍鹤孤而夜号兮，哀居者之诚贞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hè gū ér yè hào xī, āi jū zhě zhī chéng zhēn.

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• 鵝鶩之舍近，鵾雞鵠䳈之通遠，鵠鵾之所在，君請式璧而聘之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹅鹜之舍近，鹍鸡鹄䳈之通远，鹄鹍之所在，君请式璧而聘之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

  É wù zhī shè jìn, kūnjī hú bǎo zhī tōng yuǎn, hú kūn zhī suǒzài, jūn qǐng shì bì ér pìn zhī.

  Resting places for geese and ducks are near by, but jungle fowls / cranes, game cocks, swans, and bustards fly far away. I suggest you used jade bi 璧 to invite peopleliving where there are swans and jungle fowls / cranes to come to court.

Liu (1999) relates it to 鯤 (OC *kuːn, “mythical large fish”).

鵾

1. (obsolete) a bird resembling the crane
2. (obsolete) Used in 鵾雞／鹍鸡 (kūnjī, “a bird resembling the crane”).
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 鯤 / 鲲 (kūn)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こん (kon)、うん (un)
• Kun: しゃも (shamo)

鵾 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)

1. swan

• 鶤 (곤, gon)
• 鵠 (곡, gog, gok)