鴨

Glyph origin
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Etymology
 commented that 鴨 is the colloquial name for. Probably in origin. Compare 🇨🇬.

Another word meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is, a substrate loanword, possibly from Tai-Kadai or Austroasiatic.


 * “male prostitute”
 * By analogy with . First used in 1991 film 《雞鴨戀》.

Definitions

 * 1) duck
 * 2)  male prostitute
 * 1)  male prostitute

Etymology 1


. Possibly alteration of, modern. Alternatively, may derive from, 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 in older times, and final n changing to mu due to apparent lack of final n in 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a duck
 * 2)   a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition
 * 3)   short for : a very good flavor; by extension, any remarkably good sensation or feeling, particularly describing happy married life
 * 4)   short for : a male servant, such as a butler or chauffeur (compare English )

Derived terms

 * : sitting duck
 * : “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle
 * : common scoter
 * : platypus

Etymology 2
Probably from the duck sense above, in reference to the flowing through.

Proper noun

 * 1) any of various places, particularly in
 * 1) any of various places, particularly in

Etymology 3
Rare alternative spelling for. See that entry for fuller details.

Noun

 * : a domestic duck,  var. domesticus, descended from the mallard

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) duck, drake