Translingual

Han character

鴨 (radical 196 鳥+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田中竹日火 (WLHAF), four-corner 6752₇, composition ⿰甲鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1487, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46823
• Dae Jaweon: page 2018, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4623, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9D28

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraːb) : phonetic 甲 ‎(OC *kraːb) + semantic 鳥.

Etymology

Shuowen commented that 鴨 is the colloquial name for 鶩 (OC *moɡs, *moːɡ, “duck”). Probably onomatopoeic in origin.

Also meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is 鴄 (OC *pʰid), which is a Tai-Kadai loanword.

Pronunciation

Definitions

鴨

1. duck

   北京烤鴨 / 北京烤鸭  ―  Běijīng kǎoyā  ―  Peking duck

2. (slang) male prostitute

Synonyms

• (bird): 鴨子／鸭子 (yāzi), (Min Nan) 鴨咪／鸭咪, (Min Nan) 鴨咪仔／鸭咪仔

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Goon: よう (yō), (historical) えふ (efu)
• Kan’on: おう (ō), (historical) あふ (afu)
• Kun: かも (kamo), あひる (ahiru)
• Nanori: かも (kamo)

Etymology 1

鴨 (kamo): a pair of ducks.

Unknown. Possibly alteration of Old Japanese 浮かむ ‎(ukamu, “to float”), modern 浮かぶ ‎(ukabu). Alternatively, may derive from Middle Chinese 雁 ‎(/ngænH/, “a type of wild goose”), borrowed with the kan'on reading gan, with initial g changing to k due to the avoidance of voiced stops at the start of Japanese words, and final n changing to mu due to apparent lack of final n in Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) か​も [káꜜmò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞]

Alternative forms

• 鳧

Noun

鴨 ‎(hiragana かも, katakana カモ, romaji kamo)

1. a duck
2. (slang) (from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt) a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition
3. (slang) (from the good flavor of duck meat) short for 鴨の味 ‎(kamo no aji, “duck flavor”): a very good flavor; by extension, any remarkably good sensation or feeling, particularly describing happy married life
4. (slang) (from the uniform of black clothing) short for 黒鴨 ‎(kurogamo, “black duck”): a male servant, such as a butler or chauffeur (compare English penguin)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as カモ.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• 家鴨 (あひる) ‎(ahiru), 鶩 (あひる) ‎(ahiru): a duck, especially domesticated

Etymology 2

Probably from the duck sense above, in reference to the 鴨川 ‎(Kamogawa, literally “duck river”) flowing through Kyoto.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞]

Alternative forms

• 賀茂

Proper noun

鴨 ‎(hiragana かも, romaji Kamo)

1. A surname​.
2. any of various places, particularly in Kyoto

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

鴨 • ‎(ap)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 압 (revised: ap, McCune-Reischauer: ap, Yale: ap)

• Name (hangeul): 오리()

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Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 𩿠
• 𪆧

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *viːt

Noun

鴨 ‎(uịt)

1. duck, drake

Descendants

• Vietnamese: vịt (鴨)

Vietnamese

Han character

鴨 (áp, vịt)

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