鵾

See also: 鹍

鵾 U+9D7E, 鵾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D7E ← 鵽 [U+9D7D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵿 → [U+9D7F]

Translingual

Han character

鵾 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹日火 (APHAF), composition ⿰昆鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47036
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4640, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9D7E

Chinese

trad.		鵾
simp.		鹍
alternative forms		鶤／𱉱 𪂳 𨿪

Etymology

Attested earliest in the Chu Ci and Guanzi (translated based on Rickett, 1998):

• 鵾鴻群晨，雜鶖鶬只。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹍鸿群晨，杂鹙鸧只。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hóng qún chén, zá qiū qiāng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 鵾鶴孤而夜號兮，哀居者之誠貞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹍鹤孤而夜号兮，哀居者之诚贞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hè gū ér yè hào xī, āi jū zhě zhī chéng zhēn. [Pinyin]

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 鵝鶩之舍近，鵾雞鵠䳈之通遠，鵠鵾之所在，君請式璧而聘之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  鹅鹜之舍近，鹍鸡鹄䳈之通远，鹄鹍之所在，君请式璧而聘之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

  É wù zhī shè jìn, kūnjī hú bǎo zhī tōng yuǎn, hú kūn zhī suǒzài, jūn qǐng shì bì ér pìn zhī. [Pinyin]

  Resting places for geese and ducks are near by, [...] but jungle fowls / cranes, game cocks, swans, and bustards fly far away. I suggest you used jade bi 璧 to invite peopleliving where there are swans and jungle fowls / cranes to come to court.

Liu (1999) relates it to 鯤 (OC *kuːn, “mythical large fish”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūn (kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ / gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹
    • Yale: kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen
    • Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ / gwan¹
    • Yale: kwān / gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ / gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ / guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon

Rime
Character	鵾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古渾切
Baxter	kwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/
Li Rong	/kuən/
Wang Li	/kuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1

Definitions

鵾

1. (obsolete) a bird resembling the crane
2. (obsolete) Used in 鵾雞／鹍鸡 (kūnjī, “a bird resembling the crane”).
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 鯤／鲲 (kūn)

Compounds

• 鵾弦／鹍弦
• 鵾絃／鹍弦
• 鵾雞／鹍鸡 (kūnjī)
• 鵾鵬／鹍鹏 (kūnpéng)
• 鵾鷄／鹍鸡 (kūnjī)

 

Japanese

Kanji

鵾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)、うん (un)
• Kun: しゃも (shamo)

Korean

Hanja

鵾 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)

1. swan

Synonyms

• 鶤 (곤, gon)
• 鵠 (곡, gog, gok)