鸭 — Chinese character
鸭
yā
duck; Anas species (various)
- Pinyin
- yā
- Radical
- 196 ⿃ (Bird)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 甲 鸟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 鸟; sound component 甲
- Traditional
- 鴨
Common words with 鸭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸭子 (鴨子) | yā zi | duck (只 (zhī)); (slang) male prostitute |
| 烤鸭 (烤鴨) | kǎo yā | roast duck |
| 野鸭 (野鴨) | yě yā | wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| 丑小鸭 (醜小鴨) | chǒu xiǎo yā | (fig.) ugly duckling |
| 鸭梨 (鴨梨) | yā lí | Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri) |
| 鸭嘴兽 (鴨嘴獸) | yā zuǐ shòu | platypus |
| 鸭舌帽 (鴨舌帽) | yā shé mào | peaked cap |
| 填鸭式 (填鴨式) | tián yā shì | force feeding (as a teaching method) |
| 板鸭 (板鴨) | bǎn yā | pressed (dried) salted duck |
| 鸭嘴龙 (鴨嘴龍) | yā zuǐ lóng | hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) |
| 填鸭 (填鴨) | tián yā | to force-feed ducks; (cooking) stuffed duck |
| 咸鸭蛋 (鹹鴨蛋) | xián yā dàn | salted duck egg |
English words written with 鸭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.