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鸳
yuān
male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
🔤 Pictophonetic:
鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 夗 provides pronunciation
Words Using 鸳 (7)
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鸳鸯
yuānyāng
(Chinese bird species) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / affectionate couple / happily married couple
鸳鸯
yuānyāng
(Chinese bird species) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / affectionate couple / happily married couple
鸳绮
yuānqǐ
magnificent fabrics
鸳绮
yuānqǐ
magnificent fabrics
鸳
yuān
mandarin duck
鸳
yuān
mandarin duck
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鸳鸯蝴蝶派
yuānyanghúdiépài
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
鸳鸯蝴蝶派
yuānyanghúdiépài
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
鸳鸯锅
yuānyangguō
"Mandarin Ducks" pot / hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other
鸳鸯锅
yuānyangguō
"Mandarin Ducks" pot / hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other
鸳鸯戏水
yuānyāngxìshuǐ
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
鸳鸯戏水
yuānyāngxìshuǐ
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
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⿱夗鸟
i
Component Tree i
xiān
㔾
seal; kneeling person
📷 Pictographic:
A rolled-up scroll or kneeling person; compare 卩
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