Mandarin Banana

鸭

duck / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / male prostitute (slang) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 鸭

Maud Younger (y) and a turkey (鸟) are protesting against roasting ducks (鸭) with placards (甲) in front of the Adziogol lighthouse (a1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

鸭
=
甲
+
鸟

甲

jia3 =
ji + a3

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit (old) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 甲

Mnemonic symbol: 甲 just looks like a protest placard.

It's the first (甲) time Jeanne of Arc (ji) is protesting against something using a protest placard (甲). Inside of the Adziogol lighthouse (a3), she is protesting against the many dinosaur bones (丨) lying around. She does not only have a protest placard, she also uses a microphone (曰) to deliver raging speeches. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

甲
=
丨
+
曰

丨

gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

甲
=
丨
+
曰

曰

yue1 =
yu + e1

to speak / to say | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 曰

Aphrodite is selling flutes in front of the Erechtheion. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

曰
=
囗
+
一

囗

wei2 =
w + ei2

enclosure | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 囗

Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

曰
=
囗
+
一

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

鸭
=
甲
+
鸟

鸟

diao3 = di + ao3	variant of 屌[diao3] / penis \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 鸟
niao3 = ni + ao3	bird / CL:隻\|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / (dialect) to pay attention to \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 鸟 Nefertiti tries to fend off a turkey in the Taos Pueblo. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting

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鸭 is not a component of another character.

鸭 is the simplified version of 鴨 .

HSK level: 5

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

y	Y is for Maud Younger - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago
a1	In front of the Adziogol Lighthouse - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

Words with 鸭

烤 kao3 鸭 ya1		roast duck (HSK level 5)
唐 tang2 老 lao3 鸭 ya1		Donald Duck
鸭 ya1 嘴 zui3 兽 shou4		platypus
旱 han4 鸭 ya1 子 zi5		non-swimmer
鸭 ya1 舌 she2 帽 mao4		peaked cap
鸭 ya1 子 zi5		duck / male prostitute (slang)
鸭 ya1 绿 lu4 江 jiang1		Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
填 tian2 鸭 ya1 式 shi4		force feeding (as a teaching method)
野 ye3 鸭 ya1		wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
咸 xian2 鸭 ya1 蛋 dan4		salted duck egg
蹀 die2 儿 r5 鸭 ya1 子 zi5		to run away / to escape
丑 chou3 小 xiao3 鸭 ya1		ugly duckling / The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1]
双 shuang1 鸭 ya1 山 shan1		Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江\|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
双 shuang1 鸭 ya1 山 shan1 市 shi4		Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江\|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
鸡 ji1 同 tong2 鸭 ya1 讲 jiang3		lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
鸭 ya1 嘴 zui3 龙 long2		hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
鸭 ya1 子 zi3 儿 r5		(coll.) duck's egg
鸭 ya1 子 zi5 汤 tang1		Duck soup
鸭 ya1 掌 zhang3		duck feet (claws)
鸭 ya1 梨 li2		Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
鸭 ya1 蛋 dan4 青 qing1		pale blue
做 zuo4 鸭 ya1		(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
黄 huang2 鸭 ya1		Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) / same as 赤麻鴨\|赤麻鸭
北 bei3 京 jing1 烤 kao3 鸭 ya1		Peking Duck
涂 tu2 鸭 ya1		variant of 塗鴉\|涂鸦[tu2 ya1] / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
家 jia1 鸭 ya1		farm duck
家 jia1 鸭 ya1 绿 lu:4 头 tou2 鸭 ya1		mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha)
春 chun1 江 jiang1 水 shui3 暖 nuan3 鸭 ya1 先 xian1 知 zhi1		lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
板 ban3 鸭 ya1		pressed (dried) salted duck
脚 jiao3 鸭 ya1 子 zi5		see 腳丫子\|脚丫子[jiao3 ya1 zi5]
赤 chi4 麻 ma2 鸭 ya1		Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
赶 gan3 鸭 ya1 子 zi5 上 shang4 架 jia4		lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

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鸭

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鸭 is not a component of another character.

鸭 is the simplified version of 鴨 .

HSK level: 5

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

Words with 鸭

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