鵝

See also: 鹅

Translingual

Han character

鵝 (radical 196 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈竹日火 (HIHAF), four-corner 2752₇)

1. ^ domesticated goose (as opposed to a wild goose, 雁)

References

• KangXi: page 1490, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46954
• Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4635, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9D5D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鵝 (simplified 鹅, Jyutping ngo4, Yale ngo4)

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Japanese

Kanji

鵝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: が (ga)

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Korean

Hanja

鵝 (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. (거위 아, geowi-): domesticated goose that would not fly at all, in contrast with the wild goose (雁 (기러기 안, gireogi-an)) whose skein flies in wedge or cuneiform.
2. (기러기 아, gireogi-): wild goose
   • 그려기 올히는 기리 헤요미 맛당하니 : 鵝鴨宜長數 <杜詩諺解, 1481, 7:9>

Synonyms

• 鴻 (큰 기러기 홍, keun-gireogi-hong) big greylag goose
• 雁 (기러기 안, gireogi-an) wild goose, greylag goose
• 家雁 (가안, ga-an) literally, domestic or house goose

Compounds

• 天鵝 (천아, cheon-a) swan

See also

• 鵠 (고니 곡, goni-gok) swan

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鵝 (simplified 鹅, Pinyin ér (er2), gǔ (gu3), hè (he4), Wade-Giles o², ku³, ho⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

鵝 (ngɑ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵝 (nga, ngỗng, ngổng)

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