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Word and Radical Components of 鸭

The Chinese word 鸭 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
鸭 1. Simplified form of 鴨

鸭 ⇨ 甲 + 鸟
Component Pinyin Meanings
甲 jiǎ 1. shell; carapace
2. plate armor
3. nail (plate at the end of fingers and toes)
4. the first of the ten heavenly stems
5. number one; first; A
6. (pronoun for an unspecified or unknown person or thing)
jiǎ 7. (Taiwan) unit of land (area) measure, equivalent to 2,934 1857 roughly 2.1 acres
8. how is it that; how could
9. (Taiwan) since; as
10. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 佮 (kah, kap, t=and; with)
11. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 共 (kā)
jiǎ 12. (Taiwanese Mandarin) gay; homosexual
鸟 1. bird
2. Simplified form of 鳥

甲 ⇨ 囗 + 十
Component Pinyin Meanings
囗 1. enclosure
2. Variant of 圍
3. Variant of 國
4. Simplified form of 口
十 shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect