鸛

Translingual edit

Traditional	鸛
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰𮥶鳥
Simplified	鹳

Han character edit

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

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad.		鸛
simp.		鹳
alternative forms		雚

Glyph origin edit

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, “stork”) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”). Originally written 雚.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn

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/

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	/kuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan^H/
Li Rong	/kuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kuɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn^H/
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	‹ kwan^H ›
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 edit

鸛

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

Compounds edit

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)
鸛鵲／鹳鹊
鸛鵲樓／鹳鹊楼
鸛鷤／鹳𫛴

Japanese edit

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰𮥶鳥
Kyūjitai	鸛

Kanji edit

鸛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰𮥶鳥)

stork

Readings edit

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 edit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

コウノトリ

Wikipedia ^ja

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

コウノトリ科

Wikipedia ^ja

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

コウノトリ目

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Oriental stork

Wikipedia

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 edit

(Tokyo) こーのとり [kòónóꜜtòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) こーのとり [kóꜜònòtòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːno̞to̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

鸛(こうのとり) or 鸛(コウノトリ) • (kōnotori) ^{←こふのとり (kofunotori) or コフノトリ (kofunotori)^?}

Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)
Synonym: 鸛鶴 (kōzuru)
(by extension) any stork

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Kanji in this term
鸛
こう Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/kan/ → /kau/ → /koː/

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) こー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun edit

鸛(こう) or 鸛(コウ) • (kō) ^{←こふ (kofu) or コフ (kofu)^?}

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 edit

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

crane (Grus japonensis)
stork (Ciconia species)

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

鸛: Hán Việt readings: quán

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[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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