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鳽

yán

Meanings

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yán
  1. 1.(used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron)
  2. 2.also pr. [jiān]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
  2. 2.bittern and certain other species of heron (Botaurinae).

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ): phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

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Stroke order

Components

鳽开鳥

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Derived terms

大麻鳽大麻𫛚小葦鳽小苇𫛚栗葦鳽栗苇𫛚栗頭鳽栗头𫛚海南鳽海南𫛚黃葦鳽黄苇𫛚黑冠鳽黑冠𫛚黑葦鳽黑苇𫛚

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Related words

黑鳽 (bird species of China) black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)栗鳽 (bird species of China) Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)黑冠鳽 (bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)大麻鳽 (bird species of China) Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)海南鳽 (bird species of China) white-eared night heron (Oroanassa magnifica)栗苇鳽 (bird species of China) cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)小苇鳽 (bird species of China) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)黄苇鳽 (bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)紫背苇鳽 (bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)