家鴨

See also: 家鸭

Chinese

 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
duck
trad. (家鴨)
simp. (家鸭)

Pronunciation


Noun

家鴨

  1. domestic duck (the domesticated variety of mallard)

Japanese

家鴨 (ahiru): a domestic duck.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あひる
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Appears in texts from the late Muromachi period. Various theories exist regarding the derivation; one of the more common derives this as a sound shift from ahiro, appearing around the same time as a compound of (a, foot, feet) + (hiro, stem of adjective 広い (hiroi, broad, wide)).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 家鴨家鸭 (jiāyā).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひる [àhírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠çiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

家鴨(あひる) or 家鴨(アヒル) • (ahiru)  (counter )

  1. a domestic duck (a domesticated variety of mallard)
    アヒル()
    ahiru no ko
    a baby duck, a duckling
  2. (slang, often derogatory) a woman who is short and has a large butt
  3. an academic grade of “B(from the way the (otsu) character, used to indicate this grade, looks vaguely like a duck)
  4. (military) an amphibious truck (from the English duck)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アヒル.

Derived terms
Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
おう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

*/ka apu//kaafu/ → */kaawu//kaau//kaɔː//kaoː/

From Middle Chinese 家鴨 (MC kae 'aep).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(おう) • (kaō) かあふ (kaafu)?

  1. a domestic duck

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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