# 鳽

| 鳽 | U+9CFD, &#40189; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CFD |
| ← 鳼 [U+9CFC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鳾 → [U+9CFE] |
| 鳽 | U+2FA0C, &#195084; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA0C |
| ← 鱀 [U+2FA0B] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 䳎 → [U+2FA0D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鳽 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一廿竹日火 (MTHAF), four-corner 1742$_7$, composition ⿰开鳥(U+9CFD) or ⿰幵鳥(U+2FA0C))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1483, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46706
* Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4617, character 13
* Unihan data for U+9CFD
* Unihan data for U+2FA0C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 笄 | *kŋeː |
| 枅 | *kŋeː |
| 蚈 | *kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn |
| 羿 | *ŋeːs |
| 栞 | *ŋ̊ʰaːn |
| 雃 | *ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn |
| 詽 | *ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn |
| 揅 | *ŋeːn |
| 幵 | *kŋeːn |
| 鳽 | *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ |
| 豣 | *kŋeːn, *ŋeːns |
| 麉 | *kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn |
| 趼 | *kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns |
| 汧 | *ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns |
| 岍 | *ŋ̊ʰeːn |
| 研 | *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns |
| 妍 | *ŋeːn |
| 訮 | *hŋeːn |
| 鈃 | *ɡeːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ) : phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yán, jiān (yan$^2$, jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ, ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yán
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yán
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$
*** Yale: yán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gin$^1$
*** Yale: gīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ken, ngen
Rime :
| Character | 鳽 | 鳽 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 古賢切 | 五堅切 |
| Baxter | ken | ngen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ken/ | /ŋen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ken/ | /ŋen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛn/ | /ŋɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛn/ | /ŋɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ken/ | /ŋen/ |
| Wang Li | /kien/ | /ŋien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kien/ | /ŋien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān | yán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gin$^1$ | jin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːn/, /*ŋeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鳽 | 鳽 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| No. | 6162 | 6173 |
| Phonetic component | 幵 | 幵 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 堅 | 姸 |
| Old Chinese | /*kŋeːn/ | /*ŋeːn/ |

#### Definitions

鳽
* Chinese pond heron
    alt. forms: 雃
* (zoology) bittern, and certain other few species of heron

##### Compounds

* 大麻鳽／大麻𫛚 (dàmájiān)
* 小葦鳽／小苇𫛚 (xiǎowěijiān)
* 栗葦鳽／栗苇𫛚 (lìwěijiān)
* 栗頭鳽／栗头𫛚 (lìtóujiān)
* 海南鳽／海南𫛚 (hǎinánjiān)
* 黃葦鳽／黄苇𫛚 (huángwěijiān)
* 黑冠鳽／黑冠𫛚 (hēiguānjiān)
* 黑葦鳽／黑苇𫛚 (hēiwěijiān)

#### Usage notes

This was an ancient name for the Chinese pond heron. Mainland ornithologists have used this character in naming bitterns and certain other few species of heron.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鳽 – see 雃 (“wagtail”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 雃).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鳽 – see 鸇. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 鸇).