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

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• 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/

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• 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

1. wagtail

Etymology 2

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