鸳
mandarin duck
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Dict coverage rank #3,338 U+9E33
How 鸳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 夗 (phonetic, yuàn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夗 (yuàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夗 sound component | yuàn | to turn over when asleep |
| 怨 | yuàn | to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment |
| 宛 | wǎn | to seem; as if; crooked |
| 苑 | yuàn | pasture, park, garden; mansion |
| 眢 | yuān | dull, parched, or inflamed eyes |
Words containing 鸳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸳鸯戏水 | yuān yāng xì shuǐ | lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love |
| 棒打鸳鸯 | bàng dǎ yuān yāng | (idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly brea… |
| 野鸳鸯 | yě yuān yāng | wild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | yuān yang hú dié pài | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as … |
| 鸳鸯锅 | yuān yang guō | "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup… |
| 鸳鸯浴 | yuān yāng yù | taking a bath together as a couple |
| 鸳绮 | yuān qǐ | magnificent fabrics |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and roman… |
| 鸳鸯 | yuān yāng | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happ… |