鵾

鵾 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹日火 (APHAF), composition ⿰昆鳥)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47036
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4640, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9D7E

Attested earliest in the Chu Ci and Guanzi (translated based on Rickett, 1998):

• 鵾鴻群晨，雜鶖鶬只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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  鹍鸿群晨，杂鹙鸧只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hóng qún chén, zá qiū qiāng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

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• 鵾鶴孤而夜號兮，哀居者之誠貞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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  鹍鹤孤而夜号兮，哀居者之诚贞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

  Kūn hè gū ér yè hào xī, āi jū zhě zhī chéng zhēn. [Pinyin]

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• 鵝鶩之舍近，鵾雞鵠䳈之通遠，鵠鵾之所在，君請式璧而聘之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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  鹅鹜之舍近，鹍鸡鹄䳈之通远，鹄鹍之所在，君请式璧而聘之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

  From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

  É wù zhī shè jìn, kūnjī hú bǎo zhī tōng yuǎn, hú kūn zhī suǒzài, jūn qǐng shì bì ér pìn zhī. [Pinyin]

  Resting places for geese and ducks are near by, [...] but jungle fowls / cranes, game cocks, swans, and bustards fly far away. I suggest you used jade bi 璧 to invite peopleliving where there are swans and jungle fowls / cranes to come to court.

Liu (1999) relates it to 鯤 (OC *kuːn, “mythical large fish”).

鵾

1. (obsolete) a bird resembling the crane
2. (obsolete) used in 鵾雞／鹍鸡 (kūnjī, “a bird resembling the crane”)
3. (obsolete) alternative form of 鯤 / 鲲 (kūn)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こん (kon)、うん (un)
• Kun: しゃも (shamo)

鵾 • (gon) (hangeul 곤, revised gon, McCune–Reischauer kon, Yale kon)

1. swan

• 鶤 (곤, gon)
• 鵠 (곡, gog, gok)