雚

雚 U+96DA, 雚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96DA ← 雙 [U+96D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 雛 → [U+96DB]

Translingual

Han character

雚 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10 in traditional Chinese, 隹+9 in simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, 17 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 廿口口土 (TRRG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹𨾴(GJK) or ⿱卝𨾴(HT))

1. (archaic) stork
2. (archaic) heron

Descendants

• 嚾, 壦, 孉, 𡰝, 𡰞, 巏, 𢑆, 𫹩, 懽, 㩲, 灌, 獾, 𨽧, 𨙕, 𣌓, 權, 爟, 𤜍, 瓘, 䑏, 𤬠, 𤮳, 𤼐, 矔, 𥐓, 礶, 𥤊, 䙮, 䌯, 罐, 蠸, 𩁧, 𭳼, 䚭, 讙(𬤰), 䝔, 貛, 䟒, 䠰, 𮜾, 鑵, 驩(𬴐), 𩪼, 𩵄, 鱹(𬶺), 𪈩
• 勸, 酄, 歡, 𣰻, 𤮴, 觀, 𮦃, 顴(颧), 飌, 鸛(鹳), 𥍊, 𠤍, 𡚜, 𥷬, 𩁫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42120
• Dae Jaweon: page 1874, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4104, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96DA

Chinese

trad.		雚
simp. #		雚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	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

Pictogram (象形) – a stork. Now written 鸛. Originally the same character as 雈, but 吅 was added as early as the Shang dynasty. Li Xueqin (2012) considers the phonetic component of 雚 (OC *koːns) to be 雈 (OC *ɡoːn), while the Shuowen Jiezi considers it to be 吅 (OC *qʰon, *sqʰon, *sɢoŋs).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
    • Yale: gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwanH

Rime
Character	雚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古玩切
Baxter	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷˤar-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雚
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. *[t] 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	雚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4484
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːns/
Notes	說文吅聲通作鸛

Definitions

雚

1. ^† Original form of 鸛／鹳 (guàn, “stork; heron”).

Compounds

• 雚水

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huán (huan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huán
    • Wade–Giles: huan²
    • Yale: hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵/

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Definitions

雚

1. Alternative form of 萑 (huán)

Japanese

Kanji

雚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. heron
2. small cup

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: こうのとり (kōnotori)

Korean

Hanja

雚 (eumhun 황새 관 (hwangsae gwan))

1. heron
2. small cup

See also

• 歡 - 觀