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guàn

Meanings

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guàn
  1. 1.(archaic) stork
  2. 2.heron
huán
  1. 1.variant of 萑[huán]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Original form of 鸛/鹳 (guàn, “stork; heron”).

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a stork. Now written 鸛. Originally the same character as 雈, but 吅 was added as early as the Shang dynasty. Li Xueqin (2012) considers the phonetic component of 雚 (OC *koːns) to be 雈 (OC *ɡoːn), while the Shuowen Jiezi considers it to be 吅 (OC *qʰon, *sqʰon, *sɢoŋs).

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