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鴨 yā

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鴨 yā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yā | ya1
English translation
duck; Anas species (various)

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About 鴨 yā

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

鴨 yā

Contains the radical

鳥 niǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of 鴨 yā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰甲鳥

Semantic compound

鳥 niǎo

Phonetic compound

甲 jiǎ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 diǎo represents the meaning and 甲 jiǎ represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴨 yā .

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Words with 鴨 yā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鸭 yā duck鴨 yā
鸭子 yā zi duck鴨子
鸭梨 yā lí Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)鴨梨
烤鸭 kǎoyā roast duck烤鴨
野鸭 yě yā wild duck野鴨
唐老鸭 Táng Lǎo yā Donald Duck唐老鴨
鸭绿江 Yā lù Jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border鴨綠江
鸭舌帽 yā shé mào peaked cap鴨舌帽
板鸭 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck板鴨
鸭嘴兽 yā zuǐ shòu platypus鴨嘴獸
北京烤鸭 Běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck北京烤鴨
旱鸭子 hàn yā zi non-swimmer旱鴨子
填鸭式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method)填鴨式
双鸭山 Shuāng yā shān Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China雙鴨山
鸭掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws)鴨掌
赶鸭子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)趕鴨子上架
双鸭山市 Shuāng yā shān shì Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China雙鴨山市
填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks填鴨
家鸭 jiā yā domestic duck家鴨
吃鸭蛋 chī yā dàn (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)吃鴨蛋
鸭蛋青 yā dàn qīng pale blue鴨蛋青

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