鳶

See also: 鸢

鳶	U+9CF6, 鳶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CF6

← 鳵
[U+9CF5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鳷 →
[U+9CF7]

Translingual

Han character

鳶 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹日火 (IPHAF), four-corner 4332₇, composition ⿱弋鳥)

Derived characters

𦿂

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1482, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46674
Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4615, character 13
Unihan data for U+9CF6

Chinese

trad.		鳶
simp.		鸢
alternative forms		𩾢𩾷䳒／𱉧𪃘𪀝𩾢𩾷䳒／𱉧𪃘𪀝𩾭鵈䳣䲻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鳶
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Possibly phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷen) : semantic 鳥 (“bird”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzwan (“hawk; kite”). Cognate with Burmese စွန် (cwan, “kite”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ / jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹
  - Yale: ywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ / jyun⁴
  - Yale: yūn / yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ / jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ / yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵/, /jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân
  - Tâi-lô: iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³/

Middle Chinese: ywen

Rime
Character	鳶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與專切
Baxter	ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/juæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwian/
Li Rong	/iuɛn/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鳶
Reading #	1/1
No.	16103
Phonetic component	鳶
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	沿
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷen/
Notes	會意遊弋以獵之鷙鳥，弋非聲

Definitions

鳶

hawk; kite, especially the black kite (Milvus migrans)
kite (aircraft)

Synonyms

(bird): (Dungan) ңәлойин (ŋəloyin)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鳶):

→ Korean: 연(鳶) (yeon)

References

“鳶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鳶

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

kite

Readings

Go-on: えん (en)
Kan-on: えん (en)
Kun: とび (tobi, 鳶)、とんび (tonbi, 鳶)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鳶
とび Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳶 – see the following entry.

【とびトビ】

[noun] black kite

Alternative spellings
鴟, 鵄

(This term, 鳶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鳶
とんび Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳶 – see the following entry.

【とんびトンビ】

[noun] Alternative form of とび (tobi, “black kite”)

(This term, 鳶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

鳶 (eumhun 솔개 연 (solgae yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鳶: Hán Nôm readings: diên, diều

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