Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
Hard as an armor is (the beak) of this bird: The duck.

Radicals

甲 armor, shellIn the seedling, the root shoot 丨 bursts the armor/shell 田 (= 甲) - (And this gives the sprout丨 a reason 由.)
鳥 birdAlso this 隹 is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

鸭子 yā zi  duck; male prostitute (slang)
鸭绿江 Yā lǜ jiāng  Yalu River
野鸭 yě yā  wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
鸭梨 Yā Lí  Ya Li, a pear cultivar
鸭梨 Yā Lí  

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