Definitions

guàn crane; stork

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

The character 鹳, whose traditional form is 鸛, structurally combines the phonetic component 雚 with the semantic radical 鸟, which categorizes it as a bird, and this formation has consistently denoted the stork in written Chinese. The traditional variant employs the more complex bird radical 鳥, while the simplified form reduces it to 鸟, yet both constructs retain the same phonetic clue and avian classification, reflecting the character's enduring reference to this specific wading bird without substantial semantic change over time.

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湖面上有一只

Húmiàn shàng yǒu yī zhī guàn.

There is a stork on the lake surface.

在河边散步。

Bái guàn zài hé biān sànbù.

The white stork is walking by the river.

鸟飞过了天空。

Guàn niǎo fēi guòle tiānkōng.

The stork flew across the sky.

湿地是的栖息地。

Shīdì shì guàn de qīxīdì.

Wetlands are the habitat of storks.

我们观察到在筑巢。

Wǒmen guānchá dào guàn zài zhù cháo.

We observed the stork building a nest.

春天从南方飞回来。

Chūntiān guàn cóng nánfāng fēi huílái.

In spring, storks fly back from the south.

那只高大的静静地站在水中。

Nà zhī gāodà de guàn jìngjìng de zhàn zài shuǐ zhōng.

That tall stork stands quietly in the water.

保护的生存环境对于生态平衡至关重要。

Bǎohù guàn de shēngcún huánjìng duìyú shēngtài pínghéng zhìguān zhòngyào.

Protecting the living environment of storks is crucial for ecological balance.