Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鸭
鸭
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Meaning
duck, male prostitute (slang)
Pronunciation
yā
Explanation
Left: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田), right: bird 鸟/鳥 (= with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬))
Mnemonic
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Hard as an armor is (the beak) of this bird: The duck.
Radicals
甲
armor, shell In the seedling, the root shoot 丨 bursts the armor/shell 田 (= 甲) - (And this gives the sprout丨 a reason 由.)
鳥
bird Also this 隹 is seen as a bird.
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Vocabulary
鸭子
yā zi
duck; male prostitute (slang)
5630
鸭绿江
Yā lǜ jiāng
Yalu River
5631
野鸭
yě yā
wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
5632
鸭梨
Yā Lí
Ya Li, a pear cultivar
7677
鸭梨
Yā Lí
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