鵑

鵑

See also: 鹃

鵑 U+9D51, 鵑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D51 ← 鵐 [U+9D50] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵒 → [U+9D52]

Translingual

Han character

鵑 (radical 196, 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口月竹日火 (RBHAF), four-corner 6722₇, composition ⿰肙鳥)

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

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Chinese

trad.		鵑
simp.		鹃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
絹	*kʷens
狷	*kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎	*ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲	*qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟	*qʷen
悁	*qʷen
捐	*ɢʷen
涓	*kʷeːn
鵑	*kʷeːn
睊	*kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆	*kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙	*kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍	*kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥	*kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂	*kʷleːnʔ
瓹	*kʷeːns
梋	*qʰʷeːn
鋗	*qʰʷeːn
駽	*qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄	*ɡʷeːnʔ
剈	*qʷeːn
肙	*qʷeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun¹
• Min Nan (POJ): koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun¹
    • Yale: gyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
    • Tâi-lô: kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kwen/▼

Rime
Character	鵑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古玄切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵑
Reading #	1/1
No.	16070
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	涓
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːn/

Definitions

鵑

1. Only used in 杜鵑／杜鹃 (dùjuān); also used as its short form.

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

杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (dùjuānhuā) 臺灣杜鵑／台湾杜鹃

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Japanese

Kanji

鵑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)

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Korean

Hanja

鵑 (eum 견 (gyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵑: Hán Nôm readings: quyên

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References

• Nom Foundation