鹳 (guàn): stork

Measure Word

一只鹳 zhī

Meanings

1 stork
2 crane (a long-legged wading bird)

Characters

鹳

guàn

stork

Examples

湿地公园里有一只白鹳在觅食。

Shīdì gōngyuán lǐ yǒu yī zhī báiguàn zài mìshí.

There's a white stork foraging in the wetland park.

黑鹳是国家一级保护动物。

Hēiguàn shì guójiā yī jí bǎohù dòngwù.

The black stork is a Class I nationally protected species.

Tips

memory

The right side of 鹳 is 鸟 (bird) — that's your category clue. The left side 雚 also appears in 灌, 罐, 观 — all carrying the 'guan' sound. Most famous appearance in classical Chinese: 王之涣's 《登鹳雀楼》 ('Climbing Stork Tower'), one of the most-memorized Tang poems.