雃

雃	U+96C3, 雃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C3

← 雂
[U+96C2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

雄 →
[U+96C4]

雃	U+2F9F3, 雃 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9F3

← 䧦
[U+2F9F2]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

嶲 →
[U+2F9F4]

Translingual

Han character

雃 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一廿人土 (MTOG), four-corner 1041₄, composition ⿰开隹)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41971
Dae Jaweon: page 1868, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4092, character 6
Unihan data for U+96C3

Unihan data for U+2F9F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		雃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
  - Yale: chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khen

Rime
Character	雃
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雃
Reading #	2/2
No.	6170
Phonetic component	幵
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰeːn/

Definitions

雃

wagtail

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 雃 – see 鳽 (“Chinese pond heron”). (This character is a variant form of 鳽).