懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹅

é

goose

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵝.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

我 sound component

我  Sound component

wǒ

  

I; me

Evolution

鹅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹅 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹅 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鹅 (鵝) 

é

goose; CL:隻|只[zhī]

鹅 (䳘) 

é

variant of 鵝|鹅[é]

Most common words with 鹅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹅

goose

企鹅

penguin

天鹅

swan

天鹅绒

velvet

鹅卵石

pebble