鴨
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Translingual
Han character
鴨 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田中竹日火 (WLHAF), four-corner 67527, composition ⿰甲鳥)
References
- KangXi: page 1487, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46823
- Dae Jaweon: page 2018, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4623, character 7
- Unihan data for U+9D28
Chinese
trad. | 鴨 | |
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simp. | 鸭 |
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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笚 | *ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb |
閘 | *klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb |
鉀 | *klaːb, *kraːb |
甲 | *kraːb |
胛 | *kraːb |
岬 | *kraːb |
押 | *kraːb, *qraːb |
玾 | *kraːb |
呷 | *qʰraːb |
匣 | *ɡraːb |
狎 | *ɡraːb |
柙 | *ɡraːb |
翈 | *ɡraːb |
炠 | *ɡraːb |
鴨 | *qraːb |
庘 | *qraːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qraːb) : phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb) + semantic 鳥/鸟 (“bird”).
Etymology
Shuowen commented that 鴨 is the colloquial name for 鶩 (OC *moɡs, *moːɡ, “duck”). Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Proto-Tani *ǰap (“duck”).
Also meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is 鴄 (OC *pʰid), which is a substrate loanword, possibly from Tai-Kadai or Austroasiatic.
- “male prostitute”
- By analogy with 雞/鸡 (jī, “female prostitute”, literally “chicken”). First used in 1991 film 《雞鴨戀》. (Zhang, 2018)
Pronunciation
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Definitions
鴨
- duck (Classifier: 隻/只 c)
- 北京烤鴨/北京烤鸭 ― Běijīng kǎoyā ― Peking duck
- (slang) male prostitute (Classifier: 隻/只 c)
- Coordinate term: 雞/鸡 (jī)
- (Mainland China Mandarin, neologism, slang) Eye dialect spelling of 呀 (ya, “sentence-final particle”). [since 2018]
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 鴨 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴨 | |
Taxonomic name | 鴨 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 鴨子 |
Taiwan | 鴨子 | |
Harbin | 鴨子 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 鴨巴子 | |
Jinan | 鴨子 | |
Luoyang | 鴨子 | |
Wanrong | 鴨兒 | |
Zhengzhou | 鴨子, 鴨 | |
Xi'an | 鴨子 | |
Yinchuan | 鴨子 | |
Lanzhou | 鴨子 | |
Xining | 鴨子, 鴨鴨 | |
Ürümqi | 鴨子 | |
Wuhan | 鴨子 | |
Huanggang | 鴨子 | |
Chengdu | 鴨子, 鴨兒 | |
Guiyang | 鴨子, 鴨哩哩 childish | |
Liuzhou | 鴨子, 鴨 | |
Xuzhou | 鴨子 | |
Yangzhou | 鴨子, 扁嘴王 humorous | |
Nanjing | 鴨子 | |
Hefei | 鴨子 | |
Nantong | 鴨子 | |
Malaysia | 鴨 | |
Singapore | 鴨 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鴨, 扁嘴 |
Hong Kong | 鴨 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鴨 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鴨 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鴨 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鴨 | |
Macau | 鴨 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鴨 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鴨 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鴨 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鴨 | |
Foshan | 鴨 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鴨 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 鴨 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 鴨 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鴨 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鴨 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 鴨 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 鴨 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鴨 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鴨 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鴨 | |
Taishan | 鴨 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 鴨 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 鴨 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 鴨 | |
Dongguan | 鴨 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鴨 | |
Shaoguan | 鴨仔 | |
Yunfu | 鴨 | |
Yangjiang | 鴨 | |
Xinyi | 鴨 | |
Lianjiang | 鴨 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 鴨子, 鴨 |
Lichuan | 鴨兒 | |
Pingxiang | 鴨 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 鴨仔 |
Changting | 鴨子 | |
Wuping | 鴨子 | |
Ninghua | 鴨仔 | |
Yudu | 鴨子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鴨仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鴨仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鴨仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鴨 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鴨仔, 鴨 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨 | |
Hong Kong | 鴨 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 鴨 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 鴨 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 鴨子 |
Pingyao | 鴨子 | |
Xinzhou | 鴨子 | |
Hohhot | 鴨子 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鴨 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鴨, 鴨囝 |
Fuqing | 鴨 | |
Matsu | 鴨 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous |
Quanzhou | 鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous | |
Zhangzhou | 鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous | |
Dongshan | 鴨 | |
Taipei | 鴨仔 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鴨仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 鴨仔 | |
Yilan | 鴨仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 鴨仔 | |
Taichung | 鴨 | |
Tainan | 鴨仔 | |
Hsinchu | 鴨 | |
Kinmen | 鴨 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 鴨 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 鴨 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 鴨 | |
Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鴨 | |
Chaozhou | 鴨 | |
Shantou | 鴨 | |
Jieyang | 鴨 | |
Haifeng | 鴨咪 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鴨 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 鴨 | |
Haikou | 鴨 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 鴨 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴨, 老扁 secret language |
Shehua | Fu'an | 鴨 |
Fuding | 鴨 | |
Luoyuan | 鴨 | |
Sanming | 鴨 | |
Shunchang | 鴨 | |
Hua'an | 鴨 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 鴨 | |
Cangnan | 鴨 | |
Jingning | 鴨 | |
Lishui | 鴨 | |
Longyou | 鴨 | |
Chaozhou | 鴨 | |
Fengshun | 鴨 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 鴨子, 鴨, 鴨里里 childish |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 鴨 | |
Suzhou | 鴨, 鴨連連 | |
Wuxi | 鴨, 鴨連連 | |
Danyang | 鴨子, 鴨 | |
Hangzhou | 鴨兒 | |
Ningbo | 鴨, 鴨兒, 茄茄鴨 childish | |
Wenzhou | 水雞, 鴨, 嘎嘎 childish, 嘎嘎囉 childish | |
Jinhua | 鴨, 鴨兒 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 鴨 |
Loudi | 鴨 | |
Shuangfeng | 鴨 |
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男妓, 妓男, 男娼 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子 |
Taiwan | 男妓, 牛郎, 鴨 | |
Chengdu | 㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的 | |
Malaysia | 鴨 | |
Singapore | 鴨 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 男妓, 鴨 |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 桃脯 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 契弟, 阿倌 |
Taipei | 龜精 GT | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨, 阿倌 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 屁精, 兔子 |
Suzhou | 相公 | |
Jinhua | 雄婊子 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 幺它 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Compounds
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References
- “Entry #12123”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
- Go-on: よう (yō)←えふ (efu, historical)
- Kan-on: おう (ō)←あふ (afu, historical)
- Kun: かも (kamo, 鴨); あひる (ahiru, 鴨)
Etymology 1
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Kanji in this term |
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鴨 |
かも Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Unknown. Possibly alteration of Old Japanese 浮かむ (ukamu, “to float”), modern 浮かぶ (ukabu). Alternatively, may derive from Middle Chinese 雁 (MC ŋˠanH, “a type of wild goose”), borrowed with the kan'on reading gan, with initial g changing to k due to the avoidance of voiced stops at the start of Japanese words in older times, and final n changing to mu due to apparent lack of final n in Old Japanese.
Alternative forms
- 鳧
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かも [káꜜmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞]
Noun
鴨 • (kamo)
- a duck
- (slang) (from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt) a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition
- (slang) (from the good flavor of duck meat) short for 鴨の味 (kamo no aji, “duck flavor”): a very good flavor; by extension, any remarkably good sensation or feeling, particularly describing happy married life
- (slang) (from the uniform of black clothing) short for 黒鴨 (kurogamo, “black duck”): a male servant, such as a butler or chauffeur (compare English penguin)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カモ.
Derived terms
- 鴨る (kamoru): “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle
- 黒鴨 (kurogamo): common scoter
- 鴨嘴 (kamonohashi): platypus
See also
- 家鴨, 鶩 (ahiru): a domestic duck
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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鴨 |
かも Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Probably from the duck sense above, in reference to the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, literally “duck river”) flowing through Kyoto.
Alternative forms
- 賀茂
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞]
Proper noun
鴨 • (Kamo)
- a surname
- any of various places, particularly in Kyoto
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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鴨 |
あひる Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Rare alternative spelling for 家鴨 (ahiru). See that entry for fuller details.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あひる [àhírú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [a̠çiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
鴨 • (ahiru)
- (rare) alternative spelling of 家鴨: a domestic duck, Anas platyrhynchos var. domesticus, descended from the mallard
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
鴨 (eumhun 오리 압 (ori ap))
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Middle Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- 𩿠
- 𪆧
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *viːt.
Noun
鴨 (uịt)
- duck, drake
Descendants
- Vietnamese: vịt (鴨)
Vietnamese
Han character
鴨: Hán Nôm readings: áp, vịt
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