鸯
used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,483 U+9E2F
How 鸯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 央 (phonetic, yāng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 央
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 央 (yāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 央 sound component | yāng | central; to beg; to run out |
| 英 | yīng | petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English |
| 映 | yìng | to project; to reflect; to shine |
| 秧 | yāng | shoots, sprouts; young rice plants |
| 盎 | àng | pot, cup, bowl; abundant |
| 殃 | yāng | misfortune, disaster, calamity |
| 鞅 | yāng | the strap over a horse's neck |
| 泱 | yāng | great, expansive; agitated |
| 怏 | yàng | discontented, dispirited, sad |
Words containing 鸯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸳鸯戏水 | yuān yāng xì shuǐ | lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love |
| 棒打鸳鸯 | bàng dǎ yuān yāng | (idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly brea… |
| 野鸳鸯 | yě yuān yāng | wild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | yuān yang hú dié pài | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as … |
| 鸳鸯锅 | yuān yang guō | "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup… |
| 鸳鸯浴 | yuān yāng yù | taking a bath together as a couple |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and roman… |
| 鸳鸯 | yuān yāng | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happ… |