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鴦 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」

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On
オウおう · ō
Kun
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Meaning
female mandarin duck

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bird 鳥 with 央 as phonetic: the female of the mandarin duck pair.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鴛鴦おしどり

    mandarin duck

  • 鴛鴦の契りえんおうのちぎり

    vow of a devoted couple

More words with this kanji

  • 鴛鴦夫婦おしどりふうふ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鴛鴦(えんおう)の契(ちぎ)りを結(むす)んだ夫婦(ふうふ)だという。

They are said to be a couple bound by a devoted vow.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鴛鴦の契り鴛鴦鴦契pledge鴛male…鳩pigeon鳳male…鳶black…鴇creste…鴨wild…匡correc…姶comely凰female…厭tire…襖slidin…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鳥Map of reading オウAll maps

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