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鸳

yuān

Character Traditional 鴛

What 鸳 means

1. mandarin duck

Words starting with 鸳

• 鸳鸯yuān yāng(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple…
• 鸳鸯浴yuān yāng yùtaking a bath together as a couple
• 鸳鸯锅yuān yang guō"mandarin ducks" pot…
• 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…
• 鸳绮yuān qǐmagnificent fabrics

Words containing 鸳

• 野鸳鸯yě yuān yāngwild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
• 棒打鸳鸯bàng dǎ yuān yāng(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure)…

Characters built on 夗

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

• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
• 苑yuàn(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park…
• 眢yuāninflamed eyelids; parched

Characters that look like 鸳

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

• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 茧jiǎn(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix

Sounds the same

Read yuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冤injustice; grievance; wrong
• 渊deep pool; deep; profound
• 鸢kite (small hawk)
• 眢inflamed eyelids; parched
• 惌to bear a grudge against
• 棩crooked (tree)
• 箢used in 箢箕; Taiwan pr. wǎn
• 鹓firebird (mythology)
• 肙a small worm; to twist; to surround
• 蜎larva of mosquito
• 渕variant of 渊
• 囦old variant of 渊