鸿雁
hóng​yàn

swan goose

鸿 hóng, hòng species of wild swan Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴻.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
江
江 Sound component
jiāng large river

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

雁 yàn wild goose

Components

厂
厂 Unknown component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
倠
倠 Unknown component
suī

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

赝

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

赝

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngænHC.[ŋ]ˤrar-swild goose
Zhengzhangŋraːns
Unicodengàn

說文解字

鳥也。从隹从人，厂聲。讀若鴈。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鴻 species of wild swan Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
江
江 Sound component
jiāng large river

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwng[ɡ]ˤoŋkind of wild goose
Zhengzhangɡoːŋ
ɡoːŋʔ
Unicodehung

說文解字

鴻鵠也。从鳥江聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)