鸛
guàn

crane

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanHC.qʷˤar-sheron
Zhengzhangkoːns

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-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鹳 guàn, huān, quán crane Simplified

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

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode