鶼鶼

Chinese

		mythical bird with one eye and one wing	mythical bird with one eye and one wing
trad. (鶼鶼)		鶼	鶼
simp. (鹣鹣)		鹣	鹣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim¹ gim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianjian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-chien¹
    • Yale: jyān-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianjian
    • Palladius: цзяньцзянь (czjanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim¹ gim¹
    • Yale: gīm gīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim¹ gim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim¹ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm⁵⁵ kiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kem kem

Rime
Character	鶼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古甜切
Baxter	kem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kem/
Pan Wuyun	/kem/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛm/
Li Rong	/kem/
Wang Li	/kiem/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːm  keːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鶼
Reading #	1/1
No.	6065
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	兼
Old Chinese	/*keːm/
Notes	見爾雅

Noun

鶼鶼

1. (Chinese mythology) Alternative name for 比翼鳥／比翼鸟 (bǐyìniǎo, “legendary bird flying in pairs”).
2. (figurative) devoted couple; loving couple

Derived terms

• 鶼鶼鰈鰈 / 鹣鹣鲽鲽