鸢 originally means a hawk-like bird. In classical Chinese,
纸鸢 (zhǐyuān, 'paper kite') is the older literary term for the toy kite — modern speech mostly uses
风筝 (fēngzhēng) instead. The famous line
鸢飞戾天 ('the kite soars to heaven') from Wu Jun's 《
与朱元思书》 evokes worldly ambition.
