鸭yā
duck; Anas species (various). 10 strokes, radical 鸟, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin yāStrokes 10Radical 鸟Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 鸭
Strokes 1–5 write 甲, then strokes 6–10 write 鸟.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 鸭 · the stroke-order rules
What 鸭 is made of
甲 (jiǎ, armor) and 鸟 (niǎo, bird).
鸟 carries the meaning — bird — and 甲 carries the sound.
Words that use 鸭
| 烤鸭 | roast duck 指用明火或焖炉烤制的鸭肉 师傅精心出炉了北京烤鸭。The chef carefully finished off a Beijing roast duck. Lesson 447, 严谨察度 · 文武兼修与科学攻坚 · Cultural Elegance & Scientific Frontiers |
| 鸭子 | duck 指一种善于游水的常见家禽 湖面上一群鸭子欢快游戈。A flock of ducks paddled happily across the lake. Lesson 508, 严谨求实 · 崇德博雅与求索笃行 · Scholarly Pursuit & Civic Virtue |
Characters that share the sound part 甲
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.