Chinese symbol for “mallard”
凫
fú
Traditional: 鳧
mallard; Anas platyrhyncha
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mallard is 凫 (fú), defined as: mallard; Anas platyrhyncha.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mallard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绿头鸭 (綠頭鴨) | lǜ tóu yā | (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| 野鸭 (野鴨) | yě yā | wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| 家鸭绿头鸭 (家鴨綠頭鴨) | jiā yā lǜ tóu yā | mallard; duck (Anas platyrhyncha) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棉凫 (棉鳧) | mián fú | (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) |
| 凫水 (鳧水) | fú shuǐ | to swim |
| 凫翁 (鳧翁) | fú wēng | watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) |
| 凫茈 (鳧茈) | fú cí | see 荸荠 (bí qí) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mallard”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.