鸛

See also: 鹳

鸛 U+9E1B, 鸛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E1B ← 鸚 [U+9E1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 鸜 → [U+9E1C]

Translingual

Han character

鸛 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+18, 29 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹日火 (TGHAF), four-corner 4722₇, composition ⿰雚鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1504, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47500
• Dae Jaweon: page 2034, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4670, character 22
• Unihan data for U+9E1B

Chinese

trad.		鸛
simp.		鹳
alternative forms		雚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːns): phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns, “stork”) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”). Originally written 雚.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
• Min Nan (POJ): koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
    • Yale: gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑnH/

Rime
Character	鸛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古玩切
Baxter	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷˤar-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鸛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwanH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷˁar-s/
English	heron
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鸛
Reading #	1/1
No.	4479
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːns/
Notes	同雚見詩經

Definitions

鸛

1. stork
2. crane (Grus japonensis)
3. Used in 鵝鸛／鹅鹳 (éguàn).

Compounds

• 白鸛／白鹳 (báiguàn)
• 紅鸛／红鹳 (hóngguàn)
• 鵝鸛／鹅鹳 (éguàn)

• 鸛雀／鹳雀 (guànquè)
• 鸛雀樓／鹳雀楼
• 鸛骨／鹳骨

• 鸛鳥／鹳鸟 (guànniǎo)
• 鸛鵝／鹳鹅 (guàn'é)
• 鸛鷤／鹳𫛴

Japanese

Kanji

鸛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stork

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: こうのとり (kōnotori, 鸛)^{←こふのとり (kofunotori, 鸛, historical)}

Etymology 1

鸛 (kōnotori): an Oriental stork

Kanji in this term
鸛
こうのとり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 鸛 (kō, “Oriental stork”, see below) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーの​とり [kòónóꜜtòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こ​ーのとり [kóꜜònòtòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːno̞to̞ɾʲi]

Noun

鸛(こうのとり) • (kōnotori) ^{←こふのとり (kofunotori)?}

1. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana

   Synonym: 鸛鶴 (kōzuru)

2. (by extension) any stork

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウノトリ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鸛
こう Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/kan/ → /kau/ → /koː/

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun

鸛(こう) • (kō) ^{←こふ (kofu)?}

1. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鸛鶴(こうづる) (kōzuru)
• 青嘴(アオハシ)鸛(コウ) (aohashikō, “white-bellied stork”)
• 朱嘴(あかはし)鸛(こう) (akahashikō)
• 燕(エン)尾(ビ)鸛(コウ) (enbikō, “maguari stork”)
• 鞍嘴(クラハシ)鸛(コウ) (kurahashikō)
• 朱(シュ)嘴(バシ)鸛(コウ) (shubashikō, “white stork”)
• 白襟(シロエリ)鸛(コウ) (shiroerikō, “wooy-necked stork”)
• 朱鷺(トキ)鸛(コウ) (tokikō)
• 鍋鸛(ナベコウ) (nabekō, “black stork”)
• 禿鸛(ハゲコウ) (hagekō)
• 嘴広(ハシビロ)鸛(コウ) (hashibirokō, “shoebill”)

Korean

Hanja

鸛 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

1. crane, Grus japonensis
2. stork
3. Ciconia species (various)

Vietnamese

Han character

鸛: Hán Việt readings: quán

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