Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 Meaning component
bird
Notes
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Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴯 swallow (alt) (trad)
Historical Evolution
鴨
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸭 / 鴨 [yā]
duck; CL:隻|只[zhī]; (slang) male prostitute
Japanese
noun
- duck
- easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鴨 かも
Kamo surname
CHINESE WORDS (73)
鸭子 [yāzi] #4,394
duck
鸭梨 [yālí] #13,056
Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
烤鸭 [kǎoyā] #32,210
roast duck
野鸭 [yěyā] #27,191
wild duck
唐老鸭 [TángLǎoyā] #37,039
Donald Duck
鸭绿江 [YālùJiāng] #53,336
Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
鸭舌帽 [yāshémào] #47,076
peaked cap
板鸭 [bǎnyā] #37,187
pressed (dried) salted duck
鸭嘴兽 [yāzuǐshòu] #37,441
platypus
北京烤鸭 [Běijīngkǎoyā] #40,211
Peking Duck
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JAPANESE WORDS (46)
鴨居 [かもい] #47,009
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
⭐ 家鴨 [アヒル] #59,820
domestic duck
鴨肉 [かもにく] #80,078
duck (meat)
アヒル口 [アヒルぐち] #85,855
duck face
銀杏 [いちょう] #91,601
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
合鴨 [あいがも] #99,402
cross between a mallard and domestic duck
鳧 [けり] #111,650
gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus)
鴨にする [かもにする] #134,752
to easily attain victory
鴨南蛮 [かもなんばん] #136,864
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
いい鴨 [いいかも] #153,278
desirable prey
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KOREAN WORDS (1)