翂

翂 U+7FC2, 翂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FC2 ← 翁 [U+7FC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 翃 → [U+7FC3]

Translingual

Han character

翂 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸一金尸竹 (SMCSH), four-corner 1822₇, composition ⿰羽分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 955, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28636
• Dae Jaweon: page 1401, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3343, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7FC2

Chinese

trad.		翂
simp. #		翂
alternative forms		𦐈

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯn) : semantic 羽 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns)

Etymology

Related to 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹
    • Yale: fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翂
Reading #	1/1
No.	unlisted
Phonetic component	分
Rime group
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*pɯn/

Definitions

翂

1. ^† appearance of birds flying slowly

   • 其為鳥也，翂翂翐翐，而似無能。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其为鸟也，翂翂翐翐，而似无能。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Qí wèi niǎo yě, fēnfēnzhìzhì, ér sì wúnéng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 翂翂翐翐

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03558