鹅
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goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 鳥 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鵝
- Common rank
- #1,732
- Unicode
- U+9E45
Formation & memory
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Words with 鹅
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the p… | |
| 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the p… | |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom);… | |
| 黑天鹅事件 | black swan event | |
| 大天鹅 | (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) | |
| 小天鹅 | Little Swan (PRC appliance brand) | |
| 小天鹅 | (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) | |
| 鹅毛大雪 | goose feather snow (idiom); big heavy snow fall | |
| 千里鹅毛 | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; al… | |
| 黑天鹅 | black swan | |
| 千里送鹅毛 | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it | |
| 天鹅座 | Cygnus (constellation) | |
| 天鹅湖 | Swan Lake | |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it;… | |
| 鹅毛笔 | quill pen | |
| 天鹅 | swan | |
| 小鹅 | gosling | |
| 然鹅 | (Internet slang for 然而[ran2 er2]) however | |
| 鹅毛 | goose feather | |
| 帝王企鹅 | emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 我 — compare how they read.