懂中文 Dong Chinese

鴦

yāng

female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

央 sound component

央  Sound component

yāng

  

beg

Evolution

鴦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸯 (鴦) 

yāng

female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); mandarin duck

Most common words with 鴦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸳鸯

(fig.) affectionate couple

鸯

mandarin duck

鸳鸯戏水

fig. to make love

野鸳鸯

wild mandarin duck