yuān

male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
鸟 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

夗 sound component

  Sound component

yuàn

  

to turn over when asleep

Evolution

鸳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸳 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鸳 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yuān

male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); mandarin duck

Most common words with 鸳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸳鸯

(fig.) affectionate couple

mandarin duck

鸳鸯戏水

fig. to make love

野鸳鸯

wild mandarin duck

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3866th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+9E33


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