懂中文 Dong Chinese

鵝

é

goose

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

我 sound component

我  Sound component

wǒ

  

I; me

Evolution

鵝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鵝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹅 (鵝) 

é

goose; CL:隻|只[zhī]

Most common words with 鵝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹅

goose

企鹅

penguin

天鹅

swan

天鹅绒

velvet

鹅卵石

pebble