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雁
雁
See also: 鳫
Translingual
Han character
雁 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一人人土 (MOOG), four-corner 71214, composition ⿸厂倠)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1364, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41960
- Dae Jaweon: page 1868, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4093, character 2
- Unihan data for U+96C1
Chinese
| trad. | 雁/鴈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 雁 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (雁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 雁 | *ŋraːns |
| 鳫 | *ŋraːns |
| 鴈 | *ŋraːns |
| 贗 | *ŋraːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋraːns) : phonetic 厂 (OC *hŋaːnʔ, *hŋaːns) + semantic 人 + semantic 隹.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngien / ngian
- Min Dong (BUC): ngâng
- Min Nan (POJ): gān
- Wu (Wiktionary): nge (T3); i (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: yen4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngaan6
- Yale: ngaahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan6
- IPA (key): /ŋɑːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien
- Hakka Romanization System: ngien
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian4
- IPA: /ɲi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian
- Hakka Romanization System: ngian
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian4
- IPA: /ɲi̯an⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ngâng
- IPA (key): /ŋɑŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān
- Tâi-lô: gān
- Phofsit Daibuun: gan
- IPA (Xiamen): /gan²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /gan³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: nge (T3); i (T2)
- IPA (key): /ŋᴇ²³/, /i³⁴/
- Note: 3nge - vernacular; 2i - literary.
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 五晏切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋˠanH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋᵚanH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋɐnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋaɨnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋanH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋanH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋanH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngænH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.[ŋ]ˤrar-s/ |
| English | wild goose |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14436 |
| Phonetic component |
雁 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鴈 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋraːns/ |
| Notes | 說文廠聲 |
Definitions
雁
- wild goose (as opposed to a domesticated goose – 鵝／鹅 (é))
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
雁
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 雁 |
|
がん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 雁 (ngænH, “wild goose”).
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 雁 |
|
かり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Said to be from the cry of a wild goose.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- wild goose
- cry of a wild goose
Derived terms
References
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
雁 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune-Reischauer an, Yale an)
- (기러기 안, gireogi-): wild goose, whose skein flies in wedge or cuneiform, in contrast with 鵝 (거위 아, geowi-a), the domestic goose that would not fly at all.
Compounds
- 家雁 (가안, ga-an) domestic goose, literally, house goose.