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鸯

yāng

Character Traditional 鴦

What 鸯 means

1. used in {鸳鸯|yuān yāng}

Words containing 鸯

• 鸳鸯yuān yāng(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple…
• 野鸳鸯yě yuān yāngwild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
• 鸳鸯浴yuān yāng yùtaking a bath together as a couple
• 鸳鸯锅yuān yang guō"mandarin ducks" pot…
• 棒打鸳鸯bàng dǎ yuān yāng(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure)…
• 鸳鸯戏水yuān yāng xì shuǐlit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love
• 鸳鸯蝴蝶yuān yang hú diéMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and…
• 鸳鸯蝴蝶派yuān yang hú dié pàiMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as…

Characters built on 央

These share the phonetic component 央 (yāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 秧yāngsapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 怏yàngdiscontented
• 泱yāngagitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅yāngmartingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅

Characters that look like 鸯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix

Sounds the same

Read yāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 央center; end; to beg
• 殃calamity
• 秧sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 泱agitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅martingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅
• 胦the navel
• 鉠(onomatopoeia) ring; tinkle