彩鹳 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cǎiguàn

painted stork

cǎi, cai hue, color

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

Components

采 Sound component

cǎi gather, pick

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

說文解字

《說文新附》：“彩，文章也。从彡，采聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

guàn, huān, quán crane Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鸛.

Components

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

雚 Sound component

guàn, huán heron

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

鸛 crane Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwanH	C.qʷˤar-s	heron
Zhengzhang		koːns

說文解字

鸛專，畐蹂。如䧿，短尾。射之，銜矢射人。从鳥雚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

彩 cǎi, cai hue, color

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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鹳 guàn, huān, quán crane Simplified

Components

Sources

鸛 crane Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

cǎi, cai hue, color

guàn, huān, quán crane Simplified