鴨腳

鴨腳

See also: 鴨脚 and 鸭脚

Chinese

		duck	role; foot; base
trad. (鴨腳)		鴨	腳
simp. (鸭脚)		鸭	脚

Etymology

ginkyo

So named as its leaves have a shape similar to feet of ducks.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yājiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yājiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iajeau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠap̚  kɨɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	鴨	腳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	烏甲切	居勺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/kɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/kiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/kiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/kɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/kiak̚/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/kĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/ki̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	jue

Noun

鴨腳

1. (literally) the feet of a duck
2. ginkgo
3. ginkgo nut
4. Short for 鴨腳葵／鸭脚葵.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鴨腳):

• → Japanese: 鴨 (おう)脚 (きゃく) (ōkyaku)

Others:

• → Japanese: 銀杏 (ichō)