Translingual

Han character

鳽 (radical 196 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一廿竹日火 (MTHAF), four-corner 1742₇, composition ⿰开鳥)

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References

• KangXi: page 1483, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46706
• Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4617, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9CFD

Chinese

Etymology

The left component of this character was originally 幵 (jiān), and this was an ancient name for the Chinese pond heron. The jiān reading comes from the original left component. The left component has been substituted for 开 in both traditional and simplified Chinese. Mainland ornithologists have used this character in naming bitterns and certain other few species of heron, and have given it the reading yán.

Pronunciation

Noun

鳽

1. bittern, and certain other few species of heron

Compounds

• 大麻鳽／大麻𫛚 (dàmáyán, “Eurasian bittern”)
• 小葦鳽／小苇𫛚 (xiǎowěiyán, “little bittern”)
• 黃葦鳽／黄苇𫛚 (huángwěiyán, “yellow bittern”)
• 紫背葦鳽／紫背苇𫛚 (zǐbèiwěiyán, “Von Schrenck's bittern”)
• 栗葦鳽／栗苇𫛚 (lìwěiyán, “cinnamon bittern”)
• 黑葦鳽／黑苇𫛚 (hēiwěiyán, “black bittern”)
• 海南鳽／海南𫛚 (hǎinányán, “white-eared night heron”)
• 栗頭鳽／栗头𫛚 (lìtóuyán, “Japanese night heron”)
• 黑冠鳽／黑冠𫛚 (hēiguānyán, “Malayan night heron”)

References

• http://www.sibagu.com/china/ardeidae.html