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Kanji Detail for 鴛 - "mandarin duck"
鴛
- Meaning
鴛 means "mandarin duck."
Mandarin duck - A bird of the family Anatidae; the female mandarin duck; symbolizes conjugal love as pairs always stay together.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
male mandarin duck
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
mandarin duck
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
鴛鴦 (mandarin duck). A water bird name. Shaped like a duck but smaller. Males have fairly long white feathers on the neck. Wings are large and beautiful. Females have no white feathers on the head. Wings are not beautiful either. Live in lakes. Males are called 鴛. Females are called 鴦. Often stay together as pairs. Hence ancient people used them as a metaphor for harmonious husband and wife.
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