鳶

鳶 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹日火 (IPHAF), four-corner 4332₇, composition ⿱弋鳥)

• 𦿂

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1482, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46674
• Dae Jaweon: page 2015, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4615, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9CF6

Possibly phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷen): semantic 鳥 (“bird”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzwan (“kite”). Cognate with Burmese စွန် (cwan, “kite”) (STEDT).

鳶

1. (zoology) kite, especially the black kite (Milvus migrans)
2. kite (aircraft)

• (bird): (Dungan) ңәлойин (ŋəloyin)

• “鳶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “鸢”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 293.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. kite

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: とび (tobi, 鳶)、とんび (tonbi, 鳶)

Perhaps from 飛び (tobi, “flying”, stem form of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly”)).

• (Tokyo) とび [tóꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲi]

鳶(とび) or 鳶(トビ) • (tobi) ^{←とび (tobi)?}

1. black kite, Milvus migrans

   Synonym: 鳶 (tonbi)

2. short for 鳶口 (tobi-guchi, “a fire hook”)
3. short for 鳶の者 (tobi no sha, “a construction worker, an Edo period fireman”)
4. short for 鳶色 (tobi iro, “kite-wing brown”)
5. someone of no fixed employment, a playboy

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• (Tokyo) とんび [tóꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞mbʲi]

鳶(とんび) or 鳶(トンビ) • (tonbi) ^{←とんび (tonbi)?}

1. alternative form of 鳶 (tobi, “black kite, Milvus migrans”)
2. someone who steals things from the front of a house or shop as they pass by
3. short for 鳶合羽 (tonbi-kappa, “a caped overcoat”)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

鳶 (eumhun 솔개 연 (solgae yeon))

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鳶: Hán Nôm readings: diên, diều

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