DUCK    鴨子

DOMESTIC ANIMAL in the form of a SMALL WATER BIRD.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Wù 鶩 is the domestic duck. 2. Fú 鳧 is the wild duck. 3. Yuān yāng 鴛鴦 refers to mandarin ducks, often a pair. NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.
Modern Chinese Criteria
鴨 鴨子 家鴨 鶩 北京鴨 填鴨 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BIRDS　KINDS of BIRD. (anc: 7/0, child: 4)
  • BIRD　ANIMAL that HAS TWO LEGS AND WINGS. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.57

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 738

    Ente:

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1219

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1742

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 92B

    • Words (4 items)

    鳧  fú OC: ba MC: bi̯o 9 Attributions

    Fú 鳧 is the wild duck.

      Syntactic words
    • nwild duck (much appreciated as a delicacy)
    鶩  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 6 Attributions

    Wù 鶩 is the domestic duck.

      Syntactic words
    • ndomestic duck
    鴛鴦  yuān yāng OC: qon qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐn ʔi̯ɐŋ 6 Attributions

    Yuān yāng 鴛鴦 refers to mandarin ducks, often a pair.

      Syntactic words
    • nnadNmandarin-duck-like
    • nnpluralmandarin duck, also known as "love-ducks"
    鴦  yāng OC: qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nfemale mandarin duck