What 鷻 means
It is a classical Chinese name for a large eagle.
Shuowen, a dictionary compiled in the Eastern Han, defines 鷻 through 雕, another name for a large eagle. It analyzes 鷻 as 鳥 (“bird”) plus 敦, which supplies the sound.
In the Book of Songs poem 四月 (“Fourth Month”), the later transmitted line reads “匪鶉匪鳶” (“neither quail nor kite”); Shuowen quotes a different form, “匪鷻匪𪀝.” This is a difference in the poem’s transmission, not proof that the two characters are simple modern synonyms.
Read 鷻 as an eagle by default
A Republican-era Kaiyuan county gazette (a local history) records 鷻 as a local name for quail and says the bird likes fighting. That is a regional use, not a correction to the classical definition.
Unless you are interpreting that gazette, read 鷻 as the classical large-eagle name linked with 鵰.
An archival, specialist character: use it when reading or transcribing a source, not as a casual replacement for 鵰.
The quail sense is regional; do not import it into a classical passage.
Who writes 鷻
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Questions people ask
2Is 鷻 an eagle or a quail?
Usually an eagle. A Republican-era Kaiyuan county gazette records the separate local quail sense; Shuowen defines 鷻 through 雕.
Why does 鷻 show as a box?
That is a font-coverage issue. On Windows, support for the character can vary by system and font version; a missing glyph does not change its meaning.
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How to type or find 鷻
- Also called
- 雕 · 鵰 · 大雕
- Search it as
- tuan · tuán · diao · 鶉 · eagle character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
鷻\9DFBCodes and encoding1 code points
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