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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 Dictionary: 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
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
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 ( “ 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 ” ) .
Another word meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is 鴄 (OC *pʰid ), 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
Note : The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng -initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note :
ah - vernacular;
ap - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
鴨
Reading #
1/1
No.
5944
Phonetic component
甲
Rime group
盍
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
鴨
Old Chinese
/*qraːb/
Notes
或 從 邑 聲
鴨/鸭
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 ” ) .
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鴨子 (“duck”)
Variety
Location
Words
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
Northern Min
Jian'ou
鴨
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
鴨 , 鴨囝
Fuqing
鴨
Matsu
鴨
Southern Min
Xiamen
鴨 , 鴨仔 , 闊喙婆 humorous
Quanzhou
鴨 , 鴨仔 , 闊喙婆 humorous
Jinjiang
鴨
Yongchun
鴨
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
Dialectal synonyms of
男妓 (“male prostitute”)
Variety
Location
Words
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
Lanzhou
崽娃子
Chengdu
㚻子 , 鴨子 , 兔兒 , 吃相飯的 , 吃相公飯的
Malaysia
鴨
Singapore
鴨
Cantonese
Guangzhou
契弟
Hong Kong
男妓 , 鴨
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
鴨
Singapore (Guangfu)
鴨
Northern Min
Jian'ou
桃脯
Southern Min
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
References
Japanese
Kanji
鴨
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names )
Readings
Etymology 1
鴨 (kamo ): a pair of ducks .
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 ngaenH , “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
Pronunciation
Noun
鴨( かも ) or 鴨( カモ ) • (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
See also
Etymology 2
Probably from the duck sense above, in reference to the 鴨川 ( Kamogawa , literally “ duck river ” ) flowing through Kyoto .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
鴨( かも ) • (Kamo )
a surname
any of various places, particularly in Kyoto
Etymology 3
Rare alternative spelling for 家鴨 ( ahiru ) . See that entry for fuller details.
Pronunciation
Noun
鴨( あひる ) • (ahiru )
( rare ) alternative spelling of 家鴨 : a domestic duck , Anas platyrhynchos var. domesticus , descended from the mallard
References
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : NHK Publishing , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
鴨 (eumhun 오리 압 ( ori ap ) )
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Middle Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *viːt .
Noun
鴨 (uịt )
duck , drake
Descendants
Vietnamese
Han character
鴨 : Hán Nôm readings: áp , vịt
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