鹅
goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,732 U+9E45
How 鹅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 我 (phonetic, wǒ)
How to remember it
goose · Heisig RSH #2871
miser + 鸟 bird
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 我
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 我 (wǒ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 sound component | wǒ | I, me, my; our, us |
| 俄 | é | sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations |
| 峨 | é | lofty; the name of a mountain |
| 蛾 | é | moth |
| 哦 | ò | oh? really? is that so? |
| 娥 | é | beautiful, pretty; good; surname |
| 皒 | é | white |
| 硪 | wò | a flat stone used as a mortar |
| 莪 | é | mugwort, Artemisia |
| 锇 | é | osmium |
Words containing 鹅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the p… |
| 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 | lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the p… |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom);… |
| 黑天鹅事件 | hēi tiān é shì jiàn | black swan event |
| 大天鹅 | dà tiān é | (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| 小天鹅 | Xiǎo tiān é | Little Swan (PRC appliance brand) |
| 小天鹅 | xiǎo tiān é | (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| 鹅毛大雪 | é máo dà xuě | goose feather snow (idiom); big heavy snow fall |
| 千里鹅毛 | qiān lǐ é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; al… |
| 黑天鹅 | hēi tiān é | black swan |
| 千里送鹅毛 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it |
| 天鹅座 | Tiān é zuò | Cygnus (constellation) |
| 天鹅湖 | Tiān é Hú | Swan Lake |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | qiān lǐ jì é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it;… |
| 鹅毛笔 | é máo bǐ | quill pen |
| 天鹅 | tiān é | swan |
| 小鹅 | xiǎo é | gosling |
| 然鹅 | rán é | (Internet slang for 然而[ran2 er2]) however |
| 鹅毛 | é máo | goose feather |
| 帝王企鹅 | dì wáng qǐ é | emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) |