鵷鶵

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鵷鶵/鵷雛)		鵷	鶵/雛
simp. (鹓𬸅/鹓雏)		鹓	𬸅/雏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄔㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanchú
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-chʻu²
    • Yale: ywān-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanchwu
    • Palladius: юаньчу (juanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwon dzrju

Rime
Character	鵷	鶵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於袁切	仕于切
Baxter	'jwon	dzrju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn/	/d͡ʒɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn/	/ɖ͡ʐio/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn/	/d͡ʒio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan/	/ɖ͡ʐuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn/	/d͡ʒio/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn/	/d͡ʒĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1	co4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qon  zro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵷	鶵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16282	1610
Phonetic component	夗	芻
Rime group	元	侯
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	鴛	䅳
Old Chinese	/*qon/	/*zro/

Noun

鵷鶵

1. (Chinese mythology) name of a legendary bird traditionally interpreted as a kind of Chinese phoenix

   • 南方有鳥，其名為鵷鶵，子知之乎？夫鵷鶵發於南海而飛於北海，非梧桐不止，非練實不食，非醴泉不飲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南方有鸟，其名为鹓𬸅，子知之乎？夫鹓𬸅发于南海而飞于北海，非梧桐不止，非练实不食，非醴泉不饮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Nánfāng yǒu niǎo, qí míng wéi yuānchú, zǐ zhī zhī hū? Fú yuānchú fā yú Nánhǎi ér fēi yú Běihǎi, fēi wútóng bùzhǐ, fēi liànshí bùshí, fēi lǐquán bùyǐn. [Pinyin]

     There is in the south a bird, called Yuanchu — do you know it? Starting from the South Sea, it flies to the Northern; never resting but on the wutong, never eating but the fruit of the lian tree, and never drinking but from the purest springs.

See also

• 鸑鷟／𬸚𬸦 (yuèzhuó)