鸭
duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute
10 strokes
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How 鸭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 甲 (phonetic, jiǎ)
How to remember it
duck · Heisig RSH #1441
甲 first + 鸟 bird
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甲
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 sound component | jiǎ | armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem |
| 押 | yā | to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage |
| 闸 | zhá | sluice, floodgate, canal lock |
| 钾 | jiǎ | potassium |
| 匣 | xiá | case, coffer, small box |
| 岬 | jiǎ | cape; promontory, headland |
| 狎 | xiá | to be familiar with; to disrespect |
| 呷 | xiā | to swallow, to suck, to drink |
| 胛 | jiǎ | shoulder; shoulder blade |
| 柙 | xiá | a cage or pen for wild animals |
Words containing 鸭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双鸭山市 | Shuāng yā shān Shì | Shuangyashan, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 S… |
| 鸭子儿 | yā zǐ r | (coll.) duck's egg |
| 白头硬尾鸭 | bái tóu yìng wěi yā | (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) |
| 脚鸭子 | jiǎo yā zi | variant of 腳丫子|脚丫子[jiao3 ya1 zi5] |
| 中华秋沙鸭 | Zhōng huá qiū shā yā | (bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus) |
| 长尾鸭 | cháng wěi yā | (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| 双鸭山 | Shuāng yā shān | see 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4] |
| 鸭嘴龙 | yā zuǐ lóng | hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) |
| 普通秋沙鸭 | pǔ tōng qiū shā yā | (bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser) |
| 云石斑鸭 | yún shí bān yā | (bird species of China) marbled teal; marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) |
| 白秋沙鸭 | bái qiū shā yā | (bird species of China) smew (Mergellus albellus) |
| 绿头鸭 | lǜ tóu yā | (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| 春江水暖鸭先知 | chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī | lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom); fig. an expert in … |
| 红胸秋沙鸭 | hóng xiōng qiū shā yā | (bird species of China) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| 家鸭绿头鸭 | jiā yā lǜ tóu yā | mallard; duck (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| 花脸鸭 | huā liǎn yā | (bird species of China) Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa) |
| 鸭子 | yā zi | duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute |
| 鸭绿江 | Yā lù Jiāng | Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border |
| 家鸭 | jiā yā | domestic duck |
| 红头潜鸭 | hóng tóu qián yā | (bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina) |