鳽

See also: 𫛚

鳽 U+9CFD, 鳽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CFD ← 鳼 [U+9CFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 鳾 → [U+9CFE]

鳽 U+2FA0C, 鳽 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA0C ← 鱀 [U+2FA0B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䳎 → [U+2FA0D]

Translingual

Han character

鳽 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一廿竹日火 (MTHAF), four-corner 1742₇, composition ⿰开鳥(U+9CFD) or ⿰幵鳥(U+2FA0C))

References

• KangXi: page 1483, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46706
• Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4617, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9CFD

• Unihan data for U+2FA0C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笄	*kŋeː
枅	*kŋeː
蚈	*kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿	*ŋeːs
栞	*ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃	*ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽	*ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅	*ŋeːn
幵	*kŋeːn
鳽	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉	*kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼	*kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧	*ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍	*ŋ̊ʰeːn
研	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍	*ŋeːn
訮	*hŋeːn
鈃	*ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ): phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

trad.		鳽
simp.		𫛚
alternative forms		雃 ‡ trad. sense

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán, jiān (yan², jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ, ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹
    • Yale: gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ken/, /ŋen/

Rime
Character	鳽	鳽
Reading #	1/4	2/4
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	古賢切	五堅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ken/	/ŋen/
Pan Wuyun	/ken/	/ŋen/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn/	/ŋɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn/	/ŋɛn/
Li Rong	/ken/	/ŋen/
Wang Li	/kien/	/ŋien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kien/	/ŋien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin1	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːn/, /*ŋeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鳽	鳽
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	6162	6173
Phonetic component	幵	幵
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	堅	姸
Old Chinese	/*kŋeːn/	/*ŋeːn/

Definitions

鳽

1. ^† (traditional sense) Chinese pond heron
2. bittern, and certain other few species of heron

Compounds

• 大麻鳽／大麻𫛚 (dàmájiān)
• 小葦鳽／小苇𫛚 (xiǎowěijiān)
• 栗葦鳽／栗苇𫛚 (lìwěijiān)

• 栗頭鳽／栗头𫛚 (lìtóujiān)
• 海南鳽／海南𫛚 (hǎinánjiān)
• 黃葦鳽／黄苇𫛚 (huángwěijiān)

• 黑冠鳽／黑冠𫛚 (hēiguānjiān)
• 黑葦鳽／黑苇𫛚 (hēiwěijiān)

Usage notes

This was an ancient name for the Chinese pond heron. Mainland ornithologists have used this character in naming bitterns and certain other few species of heron.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳽 – see 雃. (This character, 鳽, is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 雃.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳽 – see 鸇 (“sparrow hawk”). (This character, 鳽, is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 鸇.)