Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 我 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)鴨 duck (trad)
Historical Evolution
鹅
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹅 / 鵝 [é]
goose; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (33)
企鹅 [qǐ'é] #6,593
penguin
天鹅 [tiān'é] #11,648
swan
天鹅绒 [tiān'éróng] #15,354
velvet
鹅卵石 [éluǎnshí] #25,915
pebble
鹅毛 [émáo] #45,386
goose feather
天鹅湖 [Tiān'éHú] #36,704
Swan Lake
鹅毛大雪 [émáodàxuě] #43,511
goose feather snow (idiom)
鹅绒 [éróng] #53,299
goose down
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 [làihámaxiǎngchītiān'éròu] #59,032
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
鹅掌楸 [ézhǎngqiū] #62,055
Chinese tulip tree
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