yāng
female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴦.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 鸯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
(fig.) affectionate couple | ||
mandarin duck | ||
fig. to make love | ||
wild mandarin duck |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3975th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9E2F |
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