鴱

鴱 U+9D31, 鴱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D31 ← 鴰 [U+9D30] CJK Unified Ideographs 鴲 → [U+9D32]

Translingual

Han character

鴱 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿大竹日火 (TKHAF) or 難廿大竹日 (XTKHA), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰艾鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1487, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46847
• Dae Jaweon: page 2018, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4628, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9D31

Chinese

trad.		鴱
simp.		𱉪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
艾	*ŋaːds, *ŋads
鴱	*ŋaːds, *ŋads
餀	*hŋaːds
刈	*ŋads
乂	*ŋads

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶
    • Yale: ngaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngajH

Rime
Character	鴱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五蓋切
Baxter	ngajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋajH/
Li Rong	/ŋɑiH/
Wang Li	/ŋɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːds/, /*ŋads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鴱	鴱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14954	14959
Phonetic component	乂	乂
Rime group	祭	祭
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	艾	刈
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːds/	/*ŋads/

Definitions

鴱

1. wren

Synonyms

• 鷦鷯／鹪鹩 (jiāoliáo)
• 䲾 (qiǎo)
• 䳦 (xuān)