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Translingual
Han character
鸛 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥 +18, 29 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹日火 (TGHAF ), four-corner 47227 , composition ⿰雚 鳥 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1504 , character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47500
Dae Jaweon: page 2034, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4670, character 22
Unihan data for U+9E1B
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
觀
*koːn, *koːns
灌
*koːns
鸛
*koːns
瓘
*koːns
矔
*koːns, *kroːns
懽
*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟
*koːns
雚
*koːns
罐
*koːns
鑵
*koːns
歡
*qʰoːn
驩
*qʰoːn
貛
*qʰoːn
酄
*qʰoːn
獾
*qʰoːn
讙
*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾
*qʰoːns
權
*ɡron
顴
*ɡron
孉
*ɡron
蠸
*ɡron
虇
*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸
*kʰons
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *koːns ) : phonetic 雚 ( OC *koːns , “ stork ” ) + semantic 鳥 ( “ bird ” ) . Originally written 雚 .
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
鸛
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
鸛
Reading #
1/1
No.
4479
Phonetic component
雚
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
貫
Old Chinese
/*koːns/
Notes
同 雚 見 詩 經
Definitions
鸛
stork
crane (Grus japonensis )
Used in 鵝鸛 / 鹅鹳 (éguàn ).
Synonyms
Compounds
References
“鸛 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
William Campbell (1913 ) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961 , →OCLC , page 351 .
莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022 ), “鹳 ”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary ] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 81 .
Japanese
Kanji
鸛
(Hyōgai kanji , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰𮥶鳥 )
stork
Readings
Etymology 1
鸛 ( kōnotori ) : an Oriental stork
Compound of 鸛 ( kō , “ Oriental stork ” , see below ) + の ( no , attributive particle ) + 鳥 ( tori , “ bird ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
鸛( こうのとり ) or 鸛( コウノトリ ) • (kōnotori ) ←こふのとり ( kofunotori ) or コフノトリ ( kofunotori ) ?
Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana )
Synonym: 鸛鶴 ( kōzuru )
( by extension ) any stork
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana , especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウノトリ .
Etymology 2
/kan/ → /kau/ → /koː/
Pronunciation
Noun
鸛( こう ) or 鸛( コウ ) • (kō ) ←こふ ( kofu ) or コフ ( kofu ) ?
Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana )
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana , especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウ .
Derived terms
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
鸛 • (gwan ) (hangeul 관 , revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)
crane (Grus japonensis )
stork (Ciconia species)
Vietnamese
Han character
鸛 : Hán Việt readings: quán
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