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鹜

鶩
wù
noun #80,751

Meanings

  1. 1 wild duck; domestic duck

Examples

落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色。
Luòxiá yǔ gū wù qífēi, qiūshuǐ gòng chángtiān yísè.
The sunset glow flies with a lone wild duck; autumn waters share one color with the boundless sky.
打折的商品引得人们趋之若鹜。
Dǎzhé de shāngpǐn yǐnde rénmen qūzhīruòwù.
The discounted goods drew crowds rushing in like ducks to water.

Tips

history
鹜 means wild duck. It is best known from the chengyu 趋之若鹜 (to flock to something like ducks), and from a famous line by Tang poet 王勃 about a lone duck against the sunset.

Components

radical
鸟 niǎo
bird
Bottom 鸟 is the bird radical, identifying 鹜 as a kind of fowl, specifically the duck.
phonetic
敄 wù
to strive (here phonetic)
Top 敄 supplies the sound wù exactly. It is the same phonetic kernel inside 务 (affairs) and 雾 (fog).

Stroke Order

鹜 wù