鵪

See also: 鹌

鵪 U+9D6A, 鵪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D6A ← 鵩 [U+9D69] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵫 → [U+9D6B]

Translingual

Han character

鵪 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大山竹日火 (KUHAF), four-corner 4772₇, composition ⿰奄鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1491, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47000
• Dae Jaweon: page 2022, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4639, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9D6A

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːm) : phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology 1

trad.		鵪
simp.		鹌
alternative forms		䨄 䳺／𱊣 鶕 𩀂 𪂻 䨄 䳺／𱊣 鶕 𩀂 𪂻 𪃬 𪁟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): êm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): êm¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ghan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ăng / ngiăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): am / ian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): am¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹oe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am¹
    • Yale: ām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: êm
    • Hakka Romanization System: em´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: em¹
    • Sinological IPA: /em²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: êm¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɛm⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣæ̃¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ăng / ngiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am
    • Tâi-lô: am
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
    • Tâi-lô: ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

• Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
  • am - literary;
  • ian - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: am¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: am
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹oe
    • MiniDict: oe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'om

Rime
Character	鵪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏含切
Baxter	'om
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵪
Reading #	1/1
No.	14329
Phonetic component	奄
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	諳
Old Chinese	/*qoːm/
Notes	䳺晚起字

Definitions

鵪

1. quail (originally refers to those without spots on feathers)

Compounds

• 賣皮鵪鶉／卖皮鹌鹑
• 鬥鵪鶉／斗鹌鹑
• 鵪子羹／鹌子羹
• 鵪鶉／鹌鹑 (ānchún)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鵪 – see 鴨 (“duck; male prostitute; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 鴨).

Japanese

Kanji

鵪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an); おん (on)
• Kun: うずら (uzura)

Vietnamese

Han character

鵪: Hán Nôm readings: am

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References

• Nom Foundation