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鵑

鵑

See also: 鹃

Translingual

Han character

鵑 (radical 196 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口月竹日火 (RBHAF), four-corner 67227)

  1. cuckoo

References

  • KangXi: page 1490, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46924
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2020, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4635, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9D51

Chinese

trad. 鵑
simp. 鹃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鵑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛn/
Li
Rong		 /kuen/
Wang
Li		 /kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鵑
Reading # 1/1
No. 16070
Phonetic
component		 肙
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 涓
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷeːn/

Definitions

鵑

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Compounds

  • 啼鵑／啼鹃
  • 望帝啼鵑／望帝啼鹃
  • 杜鵑／杜鹃 (dùjuān)
  • 杜鵑啼血／杜鹃啼血
  • 杜鵑窩／杜鹃窝

Japanese

Kanji

鵑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

鵑 • ‎(gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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