Dictionary › 鹳

鹳

guàn

Character Traditional 鸛

What 鹳 means

1. crane
2. stork

Example sentences

• 那是一只鹳还是一只苍鹭？
  Is that a stork or a heron?
• 汤姆不是仙鹳带来的，而是在一片高丽菜田里被发现的。
  Tom wasn't brought by the stork; he was found on a cabbage field.

Words starting with 鹳

• 鹳嘴翡翠guàn zuǐ fěi cuì(bird species of China) stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Words containing 鹳

• 彩鹳cǎi guàn(bird species of China) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
• 白鹳bái guàn(bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
• 秃鹳tū guàn(bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
• 黑鹳hēi guàn(bird species of China) black stork (Ciconia nigra)
• 大红鹳dà hóng guàn(bird species of China) greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
• 白颈鹳bái jǐng guàn(bird species of China) Asian woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)
• 钳嘴鹳qián zuǐ guàn(bird species of China) Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
• 鲸头鹳jīng tóu guànshoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex)
• 东方白鹳dōng fāng bái guàn(bird species of China) oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)

Characters built on 雚

These share the phonetic component 雚 (guàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 灌guànto irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 罐guàncan; jar; pot
• 獾huānbadger
• 颧quán(bound form) cheekbone

Characters that look like 鹳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 髓suǐ(bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
• 麟línvariant of 麟
• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 鼹yǎnmole
• 懿yì(literary) exemplary; virtuous
• 颧quán(bound form) cheekbone

Sounds the same

Read guàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惯accustomed to; used to; indulge
• 冠to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 贯to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 灌to irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 罐can; jar; pot
• 观Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
• 掼to fling; to fall; to wear
• 盥to wash (especially hands)
• 涫(classical) to boil
• 祼pour out libation
• 瓘jade used for making goblets
• 卝two bunches of hair on a child