鹳

鸛

guàn

雚 + 鸟

Definitions

guàn crane; stork

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鸛.

Semantic: 鸟 Phonetic: 雚

About

鹳 is a phono-semantic compound: it combines the bird radical 鸟 (a simplified version of 鳥, as seen in the traditional form 鸛) with the phonetic component 雚, which gives the pronunciation. The radical places the character in the avian domain, while the phonetic fixes its sound. The character's meaning is singular, it names the stork, a large, long-legged wading bird, and it functions purely as a zoological noun, lacking any verbal uses, metaphorical extensions, or abstract senses. It was created solely to designate that specific bird.

Example Sentences Hide

湖面上有一只鹳。

Húmiàn shàng yǒu yī zhī guàn.

There is a stork on the lake surface.

白鹳在河边散步。

Bái guàn zài hé biān sànbù.

The white stork is walking by the river.

鹳鸟飞过了天空。

Guàn niǎo fēi guòle tiānkōng.

The stork flew across the sky.

湿地是鹳的栖息地。

Shīdì shì guàn de qīxīdì.

Wetlands are the habitat of storks.

我们观察到鹳在筑巢。

Wǒmen guānchá dào guàn zài zhù cháo.

We observed the stork building a nest.

春天鹳从南方飞回来。

Chūntiān guàn cóng nánfāng fēi huílái.

In spring, storks fly back from the south.

那只高大的鹳静静地站在水中。

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

That tall stork stands quietly in the water.

保护鹳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.

Related Characters

Component: 雚

Component: 鸟