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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Han character

(radical 196 +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.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷens
*kʷens, *kʷeːns
*ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
*qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
*qʷen
*qʷen
*ɢʷen
*kʷeːn
*kʷeːn
*kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
*kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
*kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
*kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
*kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
*kʷleːnʔ
*kʷeːns
*qʰʷeːn
*qʰʷeːn
*qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
*ɡʷeːnʔ
*qʷeːn
*qʷeːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16070
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeːn/

Definitions

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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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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