鴛

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鳥
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 鸳

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yuān
Cantonese: jin1 jyun1
JapaneseOn: EN ON
Korean: WEN
Vietnamese: uyên

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

CE-Dict: mandarin duck

Soothill: Drake of mandarin duck; v. 鴛班.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the male mandarin duck

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鳥部》鴛鴛鴦也。从鳥夗聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【鳥字部】鴛
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤於袁切，音眢。【說文】鴛鴦也。【玉篇】匹鳥。雄曰鴛，雌曰鴦。【崔豹·古今註】鳧類，雌雄未嘗相離，人得其一，則一必思而死，故謂匹鳥。【埤雅】鵲好外反，鴛好內思。【詩·小雅】鴛鴦在梁，戢其左翼。【正字通】鴛鴦紅頭，翅尾黑，頭有白長毛，質杏黃色具文采。又【廣韻】烏渾切【集韻】烏昆切，𠀤音溫。義同。

CF-Dict: canard mandarin

Han-De-Dict: Mandarinente (u.E.)/glückliches Paar (u.E.)