紙鳶

Chinese

		paper	kite
trad. (紙鳶)		紙	鳶
simp. (纸鸢)		纸	鸢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐyuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-yüan¹
    • Yale: jř-ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyiuan
    • Palladius: чжиюань (čžijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² jyun¹
    • Yale: jí yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeX ywen

Rime
Character	紙	鳶
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸氏切	與專切
Baxter	tsyeX	ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇX/	/jiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛX/	/jʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛX/	/juæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆X/	/jwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕieX/	/iuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐeX/	/jĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯X/	/i̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2	jyun4

Noun

紙鳶

1. (literary) kite

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 風箏 (“kite (toy)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		紙鳶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		風箏
Mandarin	Beijing	風箏
	Taiwan	風箏
	Tianjin	風箏
	Chengde	風箏
	Tangshan	風箏
	Cangzhou	風箏
	Baoding	風箏
	Shijiazhuang	風箏
	Ulanhot	風箏
	Tongliao	風箏
	Chifeng	風箏
	Bayanhot	風箏
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	風箏
	Heihe	風箏
	Qiqihar	風箏
	Harbin	風箏, 八卦
	Jiamusi	風箏, 八卦
	Baicheng	風箏
	Changchun	風箏
	Tonghua	風箏
	Shenyang	風箏
	Dandong	風箏
	Jinzhou	風箏
	Dalian	風箏
	Yantai	老鷂子
	Yantai (Muping)	鷂子, 風箏
	Qingdao	風箏, 老雕兒
	Lijin	風箏, 馬掛
	Zhucheng	風箏
	Jinan	風箏
	Jining	風箏
	Luoyang	風箏
	Wanrong	風箏
	Shangqiu	風箏, 風老子
	Yuanyang	風箏, 豪
	Zhengzhou	豪
	Xinyang	風箏
	Baihe	風箏兒
	Hanzhong	風箏
	Xi'an	風箏, 風箏兒, 風子
	Baoji	風箏
	Yinchuan	風箏
	Tianshui	風箏
	Lanzhou	風箏
	Dunhuang	風箏
	Xining	風箏
	Hami	風箏
	Ürümqi	風箏
	Wuhan	風燈, 風箏
	Yichang	風箏
	Xiangyang	風箏
	Tianmen	風箏
	Hong'an	風箏, 紙鷂
	Chengdu	風燈兒, 風箏兒, 風箏
	Nanchong	風箏兒
	Dazhou	風箏兒, 風燈兒
	Hanyuan	風春
	Xichang	風箏
	Zigong	風燈兒
	Chongqing	風箏兒, 風燈兒
	Guiyang	風吹, 風箏
	Zunyi	風箏, 風燈兒
	Bijie	風箏
	Liping	風箏
Zhaotong	風吹
Dali	風箏
Kunming	風箏
Mengzi	風箏
Guilin	風箏
Liuzhou	紙鷂, 風箏
Nanning (Wuming)	風箏
Jishou	風箏兒
Changde	風箏
Anqing	風箏
Xuzhou	風子, 風箏
Fuyang	風箏, 紙鷂
Wuhu	風箏
Yangzhou	風箏
Lianyungang	風箏
Lianshui	風箏
Nanjing	風箏
Hefei	風箏, 風籠, 風籠子
Nantong	風箏, 鷂子
Changle (Qinjiang)	鷂子
Yanping	紙鷂
Singapore	風箏
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	風箏
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	風箏
Cantonese	Guangzhou	紙鷂
	Hong Kong	紙鷂, 風箏
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	紙鷂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	紙鷂
	Macau	紙鷂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	紙鷂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	紙鷂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	紙鷂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	紙鷂
	Foshan	紙鷂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	紙鷂
	Foshan (Shunde)	紙鷂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	紙鷂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	紙鷂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	紙鷂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	紙鷂
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	紙鷂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	紙鷂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	紙鷂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	紙鷂
	Taishan	紙鷂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	紙鷂
	Enping (Niujiang)	紙鷂
	Heshan (Yayao)	紙鷂
	Dongguan	紙鷂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	紙鷂
	Qingyuan	紙鷂
	Fogang	紙鷂
	Yingde (Hanguang)	紙鷂
	Yangshan	紙鷂
	Lianshan (Butian)	風箏
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	紙鷂
	Shaoguan	紙鷂
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	紙鷂
	Renhua	紙鷂
	Lechang	風箏
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	紙鷂
	Sihui	紙鷂
	Guangning	紙鷂
	Deqing	紙鷂
	Huaiji	紙鷂
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	紙鷂
	Yunfu	紙鷂
	Xinxing	紙鷂
	Luoding	紙鷂
	Yunan (Pingtai)	紙鷂
	Yangjiang	鷂
	Xinyi	紙鷂
	Lianjiang	紙鷂
	Danzhou	鷂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	紙鷂
Gan	Nanchang	風燈, 風箏
	Pengze	風箏
	Lichuan	風禽
	Pingxiang	風箏
Hakka	Meixian	紙鷂仔
	Xingning	紙鷂哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	紙鷂仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	紙鷂
	Huidong (Daling)	紙鷂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	紙鷂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	紙鷂
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	紙鷂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	紙鷂
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	紙鷂哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	紙鷂哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	紙鷂哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	紙鷂
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	紙鷂
	Wengyuan	紙鷂子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	紙鷂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	紙鷂
	Liannan	紙鷂
	Conghua (Lütian)	紙鷂
	Jiexi	紙鷂
	Luhe	紙鷂
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	風禽
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	高鷂
	Changting	風禽
	Yongding	風旗
	Yongding (Xiayang)	紙鷂子, 風旗
	Yongding (Gaobei)	風旗
	Yongding (Hukeng)	風旗
	Wuping	風禽
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	風禽
	Wuping (Yanqian)	紙鷂子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	紙鷂子
	Liancheng	風禽
	Liancheng (Peitian)	風禽
	Liancheng (Juxi)	風禽
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	風禽
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	風旗
	Ninghua	風禽
	Yudu	風禽
	Ningdu	風燈
	Ruijin	風禽
	Shicheng	風禽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	風燈
	Tonggu (Sandu)	風箏
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	風燈
	Dayu	風生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紙鷂仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	紙鷂仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	紙鷂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紙鷂仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	紙鷂仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	紙鷂仔, 風箏
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紙鷂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紙鷂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紙鷂
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	風吹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	風吹
	Hong Kong	紙鷂
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	紙鷂
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	紙鷂
	Xinyi (Sihe)	紙鷂
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	紙鷂
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	紙鷂
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	紙鷂
Huazhou (Xin'an)	紙鷂
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	紙鷂
Lianjiang (Qingping)	紙鷂
Mengshan (Xihe)	風箏
Luchuan	風箏
Sabah (Longchuan)	燕仔
Senai (Huiyang)	紙鷂
Singkawang	紙鷂
Huizhou	Jixi	紙鷂
	Shexian	風箏, 紙鷂
	Yixian	鷹
Jin	Taiyuan	風箏
	Yangyuan	風箏
	Datong	翔兒
	Xinzhou	風箏
	Lishi	風箏
	Linfen	風燈
	Changzhi	風箏
	Taibus (Baochang)	風箏
	Linhe	風箏
	Jining	風箏
	Hohhot	風箏兒, 風箏
	Baotou	風箏
	Dongsheng	風箏
	Haibowan	風箏
	Erenhot	風箏
	Pingshan	風箏
	Zhangjiakou	風箏
	Handan	風箏, 紙鷂
	Linzhou	紙雕
	Suide	風箏
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鷂, 紙鷂
	Songxi	鷂, 紙鷂
	Zhenghe	紙鷂
	Jianyang	鷂
	Wuyishan	紙鷂
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鷂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紙鷂
	Changle	紙鷂
	Fuqing	紙鷂
	Yongtai	紙鷂
	Gutian	紙鷂
	Fu'an	紙鷂
	Ningde	紙鷂
	Shouning	紙鷂
	Zhouning	紙鷂
	Fuding	紙鷂
	Matsu	紙鷂
Southern Min	Xiamen	風吹
	Quanzhou	風吹
	Jinjiang	風吹
	Yongchun	風吹
	Zhangzhou	公差, 風吹
	Zhao'an	風箏
	Taipei	風吹
	Taipei (Wanhua)	風吹
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	風吹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	風吹
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	風吹
	Kaohsiung	風吹
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	風吹
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	風吹
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	風吹
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	風吹
	Yilan	風吹
	Yilan (Toucheng)	風吹
	Changhua (Lukang)	風吹
	Taichung	風吹
	Taichung (Wuqi)	風吹
	Tainan	風吹
	Tainan (Anping)	風吹
	Taitung	風吹
	Taitung (Green Island)	風吹
	Hsinchu	風吹
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	風吹
	Kinmen	風吹
	Penghu (Magong)	風吹
	Penghu (Pengnan)	風星
	Penghu (Xiyu)	風星
	Penghu (Huxi)	風吹
	Penghu (Wangan)	風星
	Penghu (Cimei)	風星
	Penghu (Huayu)	風星
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	風吹
	Penghu (Houliao)	風吹
	Penghu (Tongliang)	風吹
	Penghu (Jibei)	風吹
	Penang (Hokkien)	鷂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	風吹, 拉央
	Manila (Hokkien)	風吹
	Longyan	風車
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	田
	Datian	風車
	Chaozhou	風禽, 紙鷂
	Raoping	風禽
	Shantou	風禽
	Shantou (Chenghai)	風禽
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	風禽
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	風禽
	Jieyang	風禽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	拉央
	Pontianak (Teochew)	風禽
	Leizhou	鷂
	Wenchang	風箏
	Haikou	風箏
Puxian Min	Putian	紙鷂
	Xianyou	紙鷂
	Fuding (Aoyao)	紙鷂
Central Min	Yong'an	紙鷂
	Shaxian	紙鷂
Shaojiang Min	Jiangle	紙鷂
	Mingxi	紙鷂
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	紙鷂
	Sanxiang	紙鷂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	風箏, 蒙鷹
Wu	Shanghai	鷂子, 風箏
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鷂子
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	鷂子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	風箏, 鷂子
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	風箏, 鷂子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鷂子
	Suzhou	風箏, 鷂子
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	鷂子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	風箏, 鷂子
	Wuxi	風箏
	Changshu	鷂子
	Kunshan	風箏, 鷂子
	Jiaxing	鷂子
	Changzhou	鷂子
	Liyang	風箏, 鷂子
	Jintan	風箏
	Yixing	風箏, 鷂子
	Danyang	風箏, 鷂子
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	風箏, 八角
	Jingjiang	風箏, 鷂子
	Jiangyin	鷂子, 風箏
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	風箏, 鷂子
	Hangzhou	鷂兒
	Shaoxing	鷂, 風鷂
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	鷂子
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	鷂
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	鷂
	Ningbo	鷂子
	Yuyao	風箏, 鷂
	Huangyan	紙鷂
	Wenzhou	鷂
	Quzhou	鷂兒
	Jinhua	風箏, 紙鷂
	Yongkang	紙鷂
Xiang	Changsha	風箏
	Loudi	風燈
	Shuangfeng	風燈

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紙鳶):

• → Japanese: 紙(し)鳶(えん) (shien)
• → Korean: 지연(紙鳶) (jiyeon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紙	鳶
たこ
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
紙	鳶
いか
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
紙	鳶
いかのぼり
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 紙鳶 – see the following entry.

【凧たこ】J [noun] (toy) kite (a tethered object lifted by wind) 【凧いか】J [noun] (Kansai) kite 【凧いかのぼり】J [noun] kite

(This term, 紙鳶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紙	鳶
し Grade: 2	えん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​えん [shíꜜèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しえん [shìéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

紙(し)鳶(えん) • (shien) 

1. kite