鸛 = 雚 + 鳥

鸛 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “crane”. It is built from 雚 (a heron) and 鳥 (bird).

Keyword: crane
Pinyin (Mandarin): guàn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: crane, grus japonensis, грус японенсис, журавль, grus japonensis

Decomposition

ids

雚 a heron
鳥 bird

How to find 鸛 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “a heron” + “bird”. 鸛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鸛 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.