鸞

鸞 U+9E1E, 鸞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E1E ← 鸝 [U+9E1D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鸟 → [U+9E1F]

See also: 鸾

Translingual

Han character

鸞 (radical 196 鳥+19, 30 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹日火 (VFHAF), four-corner 2232₇, composition ⿱䜌鳥)

1. fabulous bird

References

• KangXi: page 1505, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47508
• Dae Jaweon: page 2034, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4672, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9E1E

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Chinese

trad.		鸞
simp.		鸾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luán (luan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: luán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: luan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luan
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴
    • Yale: lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /luɑn/▼

Rime
Character	鸞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwan/
Li Rong	/luɑn/
Wang Li	/luɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r]ˤon/

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·roːn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鸞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luán
Middle Chinese	‹ lwan ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˤon/
English	phoenix
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	鸞
Reading #	1/1
No.	8613
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鑾
Old Chinese	/*b·roːn/

Definitions

鸞

1. a luan (a fabulous bird related to the phoenix)
2. the bells at horses' bits

Compounds

• 乘鸞跨鳳／乘鸾跨凤
• 倒鳳顛鸞／倒凤颠鸾
• 別鶴孤鸞／别鹤孤鸾
• 別鶴離鸞／别鹤离鸾
• 和鸞／和鸾
• 孤鸞／孤鸾
• 孤鸞寡鶴／孤鸾寡鹤
• 孤鸞年／孤鸾年
• 孤鸞照命／孤鸾照命
• 寡鵠孤鸞／寡鹄孤鸾
• 扶鸞／扶鸾
• 拋鸞拆鳳／抛鸾拆凤
• 描鸞刺鳳／描鸾刺凤
• 曇鸞／昙鸾
• 紅鸞／红鸾

• 紅鸞照命／红鸾照命
• 綵鸞／彩鸾
• 舞鸞歌鳳／舞鸾歌凤
• 跨鳳乘鸞／跨凤乘鸾
• 邊鸞／边鸾
• 鏡鸞／镜鸾 (jìngluán)
• 離鸞別鳳／离鸾别凤
• 顛鸞倒鳳／颠鸾倒凤
• 鸞交鳳友／鸾交凤友 (luánjiāo fèngyǒu)
• 鸞儔／鸾俦
• 鸞刀／鸾刀 (luándāo)
• 鸞孤鳳只／鸾孤凤只
• 鸞帚／鸾帚 (luánzhǒu)
• 鸞帶／鸾带 (luándài)
• 鸞旗／鸾旗 (luánqí)

• 鸞架／鸾架
• 鸞梟并棲／鸾枭并栖
• 鸞箋／鸾笺 (luánjiān)
• 鸞翔鳳翥／鸾翔凤翥 (luánxiáng fèngzhù)
• 鸞翔鳳集／鸾翔凤集 (luánxiáng fèngjí)
• 鸞躅／鸾躅 (luánzhú)
• 鸞車／鸾车 (luánjū)
• 鸞輿／鸾舆
• 鸞飄鳳泊／鸾飘凤泊 (luánpiāofèngbó)
• 鸞駕／鸾驾
• 鸞鳳／鸾凤 (luánfèng)
• 鸞鳳分飛／鸾凤分飞
• 鸞鳳和鳴／鸾凤和鸣 (luánfèng hémíng)
• 鸞鶴／鸾鹤 (luánhè)

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Japanese

Kanji

鸞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fabulous mythical bird
2. imperial

Readings

• On: らん (ran)

Compounds

Compounds with 鸞

• 青鸞 (せいらん) (seiran)
• 辺鸞 (へんらん) (henran)
• 鸞駕 (らんが) (ranga)
• 鸞旗 (らんき) (ranki)
• 鸞鏡 (らんきょう) (rankyō); or 鸞鏡 (らんけい) (rankei)
• 鸞鏡調 (らんけいちょう) (rankeichō); or 鸞鏡調 (らんけいじょう) (rankeijō)

• 鸞車 (らんしゃ) (ransha)
• 鸞台 (らんだい) (randai)
• 鸞鳥 (らんちょう) (ranchō)
• 鸞刀 (らんとう) (rantō)
• 鸞鳳 (らんほう) (ranhō); or 鸞鳳 (らんぽう) (ranpō)
• 鸞輿 (らんよ) (ran'yo)

Names

Names with 鸞

• 親鸞 (しんらん) (shinran)
• 善鸞 (ぜんらん) (zenran)
• 曇鸞 (どんらん) (donran)

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Korean

Hanja

鸞 • (ran>nan) (hangeul 란>난, revised ran>nan, McCune-Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鸞 (loan)

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