See also:
U+9D28, 鴨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D28

[U+9D27]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9D29]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 196, +5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田中竹日火 (WLHAF), four-corner 67527, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1487, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46823
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2018, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4623, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9D28

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
*klaːb, *kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb, *qraːb
*kraːb
*qʰraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*qraːb
*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraːb) : phonetic  (OC *kraːb) + semantic  (bird).

Etymology

Shuowen commented that is the colloquial name for (OC *moɡs, *moːɡ, “duck”). Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Proto-Tani *ǰap (duck).

Also meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is (OC *pʰid), which is a substrate loanword, possibly from Tai-Kadai or Austroasiatic.

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ah - vernacular;
  • ap - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ia⁵⁵/
Harbin /ia⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iɑ²¹/
Jinan /ia²¹³/
Qingdao /ia⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ia²⁴/
Xi'an /ia²¹/
Xining /ia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ia¹³/
Lanzhou /ia¹³/
Ürümqi /ia²¹³/
Wuhan /ia²¹³/
Chengdu /ia³¹/
Guiyang /ia²¹/
Kunming /ia̠³¹/
Nanjing /iɑʔ⁵/
Hefei /iɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iaʔ²/
Pingyao /ŋʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /iaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /aʔ⁵/
Suzhou /aʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔiɑʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /a²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ŋaʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ŋɔ⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ia²⁴/
/ŋa²⁴/
Xiangtan /ŋɒ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /ŋaʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ap̚¹/
Taoyuan /ɑp̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ap̚³/
Nanning /ap̚³³/
Hong Kong /ap̚³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ap̚³²/
/aʔ³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ɑʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /a²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /aʔ²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /a⁵⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (150)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠap̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚap̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔap̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨp̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔap̚/
Wang
Li
/ap̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔap̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ya
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5944
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːb/
Notes

Definitions

  1. duck
    北京烤 / 北京烤   Běijīng kǎo   Peking duck
  2. (slang) male prostitute
  3. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) Alternative form of (ya, “sentence-final particle”). [since 2018]

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨子 (“duck”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Taxonomic name
Mandarin Beijing 鴨子
Taiwan 鴨子
Harbin 鴨子
Jinan 鴨子
Muping 鴨巴子
Luoyang 鴨子
Wanrong 鴨兒
Xi'an 鴨子
Zhengzhou 鴨子,
Xining 鴨子, 鴨鴨
Xuzhou 鴨子
Yinchuan 鴨子
Lanzhou 鴨子
Ürümqi 鴨子
Wuhan 鴨子
Huanggang 鴨子
Chengdu 鴨子, 鴨兒
Guiyang 鴨子, 鴨哩哩 childish
Liuzhou 鴨子,
Yangzhou 鴨子, 扁嘴王 humorous
Nanjing 鴨子
Hefei 鴨子
Nantong 鴨子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
Macau
Panyu
Huadu (Huashan)
Conghua
Zengcheng
Foshan
Nanhai (Shatou)
Shunde
Sanshui
Gaoming (Mingcheng)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
Doumen
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Xinhui
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Dongguan
Bao'an (Shajing)
Shaoguan 鴨仔
Yunfu
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Kuala Lumpur
Ho Chi Minh City
Gan Nanchang 鴨子,
Lichuan 鴨兒
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian 鴨仔
Changting 鴨子
Wuping 鴨子
Ninghua 鴨仔
Yudu 鴨子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鴨仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 鴨仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 鴨仔
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping) 鴨仔,
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Senai
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan 鴨子
Pingyao 鴨子
Xinzhou 鴨子
Hohhot 鴨子
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou , 鴨囝
Fuqing
Matsu
Min Nan Xiamen , 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
Quanzhou , 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
Zhangzhou , 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
Dongshan
Taipei 鴨仔
Kaohsiung 鴨仔
Tainan 鴨仔
Taichung
Hsinchu
Lukang 鴨仔
Sanxia 鴨仔
Yilan 鴨仔
Kinmen
Magong
Penang
Singapore
Philippines (Manila)
Zhangping (Yongfu)
Chaozhou
Haifeng 鴨咪
Johor Bahru
Haikou
Pinghua Nanning , 老扁 secret language
Shehua Fu'an
Fuding
Luoyuan
Sanming
Shunchang
Hua'an
Guixi
Cangnan
Jingning
Lishui
Longyou
Chaozhou
Fengshun
Wu Shanghai 鴨子, , 鴨里里 childish
Suzhou , 鴨連連
Wuxi , 鴨連連
Hangzhou 鴨兒
Wenzhou 水雞, , 嘎嘎 childish, 嘎嘎囉 childish
Chongming
Danyang 鴨子,
Jinhua , 鴨兒
Ningbo , 鴨兒, 茄茄鴨 childish
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng
Loudi

Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology 1

(kamo): a pair of ducks.
Kanji in this term
かも
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Unknown. Possibly alteration of Old Japanese 浮かむ (ukamu, to float), modern 浮かぶ (ukabu). Alternatively, may derive from Middle Chinese (MC ŋˠanH, “a type of wild goose”), borrowed with the kan'on reading gan, with initial g changing to k due to the avoidance of voiced stops at the start of Japanese words in older times, and final n changing to mu due to apparent lack of final n in Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana かも, katakana カモ, rōmaji kamo)

  1. a duck
  2. (slang) (from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt) a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition
  3. (slang) (from the good flavor of duck meat) short for 鴨の味 (kamo no aji, duck flavor): a very good flavor; by extension, any remarkably good sensation or feeling, particularly describing happy married life
  4. (slang) (from the uniform of black clothing) short for 黒鴨 (kurogamo, black duck): a male servant, such as a butler or chauffeur (compare English penguin)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as カモ.

Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かも
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Probably from the duck sense above, in reference to the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, literally duck river) flowing through Kyoto.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Proper noun

(hiragana かも, rōmaji Kamo)

  1. A surname.
  2. any of various places, particularly in Kyoto

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
あひる
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Rare alternative spelling for 家鴨 (ahiru). See that entry for fuller details.

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana あひる, rōmaji ahiru)

  1. (rare) alternative spelling of 家鴨: a domestic duck, Anas platyrhynchos var. domesticus, descended from the mallard

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (ap)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): (revised: ap, McCuneReischauer: ap, Yale: ap)
    • Name (hangeul): 오리
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Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *viːt

Noun

(uịt)

  1. duck, drake

Descendants


Vietnamese

Han character

(áp, vịt)

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