鶩

See also: 鹜

鶩 U+9DA9, 鶩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DA9 ← 鶨 [U+9DA8] CJK Unified Ideographs 鶪 → [U+9DAA]

Translingual

Han character

鶩 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+9, 20 strokes, Cangjie input 弓大竹日火 (NKHAF), four-corner 1832₇, composition ⿰敄鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1495, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47142
• Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4648, character 21
• Unihan data for U+9DA9

Chinese

trad.		鶩
simp.		鹜
alternative forms		䳱 𨾣 騖／骛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moɡs, *moːɡ): phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁶
    • Yale: mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuH, muwk

Rime
Character	鶩	鶩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	亡遇切	莫卜切
Baxter	mjuH	muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoH/	/muk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mioH/	/muk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mioH/	/muk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆H/	/məwk̚/
Li Rong	/mioH/	/muk̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuH/	/muk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uH/	/muk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou6	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moɡs/, /*moːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鶩	鶩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8850	8867
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	竇	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	務	木
Old Chinese	/*moɡs/	/*moːɡ/

Definitions

鶩

1. domestic duck

   • 舒鳧，鶩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舒凫，鹜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1st millennium BCE, Anonymous, Erya

     Shū fú, wù. [Pinyin]

     A mallard that is relaxed is the domestic duck.

2. wild duck; mallard

   • 落霞與孤鶩齊飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     落霞与孤鹜齐飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675 CE, Wang Bo, Preface to the Poem for the Pavilion of Prince Teng

     Luò xiá yǔ gū wù qí fēi. [Pinyin]

     The rosy clouds at sunset and a single mallard fly together.

3. alternative form of 騖 / 骛 (wù, “to run”)

Compounds

• 刻鵠類鶩 / 刻鹄类鹜
• 家雞野鶩 / 家鸡野鹜
• 趨之若鶩 / 趋之若鹜 (qūzhīruòwù)
• 雞鶩 / 鸡鹜
• 雞鶩爭食 / 鸡鹜争食
• 鶩舲 / 鹜舲

See also

• 鴨／鸭 (yā)
• 鳧／凫 (fú)

Japanese

Kanji

鶩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. domestic duck

Readings

• Go-on: もく (moku)、む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku)、ぶ (bu)
• Kun: あひる (ahiru, 鶩)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鶩
あひる Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Uncommon alternative spelling of 家鴨 (ahiru, “domestic duck”). See that entry for fuller details.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あひる [àhírú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠çiɾɯ̟]

Noun

鶩(あひる) or 鶩(アヒル) • (ahiru) 

1. alternative spelling of 家鴨: a domestic duck (the domesticated variety of mallard)

Usage notes

This term ahiru appears to be the only usage of this kanji in modern Japanese.

References

• “^▲鶩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鶩 (eum 목 (mok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鶩: Hán Nôm readings: vọ, vụ

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References

• Nom Foundation