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鸭 yā duck

How to remember 鸭: 甲 armor + 鸟 bird = duck. The boy wears his toy armor to the pond, where a big bird with a green head waddles over, a very brave duck.

  • 2,133. most frequent character
  • HSK 5
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 鳥

Component breakdown

鸭 = 甲 armor + 鸟 bird

  • 甲 armor
  • 鸟 bird
The Gushi story

The boy wears his toy armor to the pond, where a big bird with a green head waddles over, a very brave duck.

How it is used

  • Noun "duck" - in speech it almost always takes the suffix 子: 鸭子 (yāzi).
  • Bare 鸭 mostly appears in written or menu contexts, most famously 北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā, Peking duck).

Words with 鸭

Example sentences

  • 烤鸭是知名的北京美食。 Kǎoyā shì zhīmíng de Běijīng měishí.Roast duck is a famous dish in Beijing.