鸛

See also: 鹳

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 Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		鸛
simp.		鹳

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／形声, OC *koːns) : phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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: kwanH

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

(deprecated template usage) 鸛

1. crane (Grus japonensis)
2. stork

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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”).

Noun

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/

Noun

1. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana

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”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鸛: Hán Việt readings: quán

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