鹳 (guàn) — stork (a large wading bird with long legs and a long beak)
Definition
noun
stork (a large wading bird with long legs and a long beak)
Measure word · 只
Easily confused
- 罐guànsound-alikecan, jar, pot (container)
- 灌guànsound-aliketo pour (a liquid) into; to irrigate
- 惯guànsound-aliketo be used to; to be accustomed to (often 惯了 as a resultative complement)
- 贯guànsound-alike(classifier) string of (copper coins, originally 1000 cash)
- 祼guànsound-alike(noun) libation offering (in ancient Chinese ritual)
- 掼guànsound-alike(v.) to throw, to fling, to hurl
Examples
- 鹳。Yì zhī guàn fēi guò le tiān kōng.A stork flew across the sky.
- 鹳。Zhè zhǒng guàn xǐ huan zài zhǎo zé dì shēng huó.This kind of stork likes to live in swamps.
- 鹳。Hái zi men zài shū shàng kàn dào le guàn de tú piàn.The children saw a picture of a stork in the book.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鸛; 鹳 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
鳥鳥niǎobird
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn鸛guàn
Same sound today
The traditional form 鸛 pairs 鳥 (bird) with 雚. 雚, an earlier form for 'stork', also gave the sound; the simplified 鹳 is a later shorthand.
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