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Kanji Detail for 鴨 - "duck, domestic duck"

鴨

  • Meaning

    鴨 means "duck, domestic duck."

    1. Duck - A waterfowl of the duck family.

    2. Domestic duck - A tamed duck.

  • Tattoo check: 鴨

    • Verified meaning: duck, domestic duck
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かも)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鴨

    Surnames 鴨(かも)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wild duck; easy mark

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    duck; Anas species (various)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    duck; Anas species (various)

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A domesticated water fowl. Flat beak. Short feet. Can float on water.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    oh(オウ) オウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ahiru(あひる) あひる

    kamo(かも) かも

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鳥 (tori・torihen)

  • Related Keywords

    duck domestic duck waterfowl bird pond lake river feathers migration waddle hunting

Sentences including 鴨

  • The Kamo runs through Kyoto.

  • I'm a duck, quack. I speak English, quack.

  • I suppose that means that, after all, people taken for a sucker give off a 'sucker aura'.

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