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)		家	鴨
simp. (家鸭)		家	鸭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ aap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaya
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-ya¹
    • Yale: jyā-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaia
    • Palladius: цзяя (czjaja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 加壓 / 加压 家鴨 / 家鸭

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ aap³
    • Yale: gā aap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ aap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ ab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ aːp̚³/

Noun

家鴨

1. domestic duck (the domesticated variety of mallard)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 菜鴨／菜鸭

Japanese

家鴨 (ahiru): a domestic duck.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
家	鴨
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 足 (a, “foot, feet”) +‎ 広 (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

• 鶩, 鴨 (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あひる [àhírú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠çiɾɯ̟]

Noun

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

1. a domestic duck (a domesticated variety of mallard)

   アヒルの子(こ)

   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 乙 (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

Derived terms

• 家鴨(あひる)下(げ)駄(た) (ahiru geta): literally, “duck clogs”: a style of 下駄 (geta, “traditional wooden clogs”) with short “teeth” (the wooden supports underneath) and a short distance between the “teeth”, so named for the way it makes the wearer walk

Idioms

Idioms

• 家鴨(あひる)が文(ぶん)庫(こ)を背(せ)負(お)う (ahiru ga bunko o seō): “a duck carries a collection of books” → metaphor for the appearance of a short woman with a large butt, walking along
• 家鴨(あひる)の火(か)事(じ)見(み)舞(ま)い (ahiru no kajimimai)" “a duck going to visit someone after a fire” → a metaphor for a short, unattractive woman with a large butt, walking quickly
• 家鴨(あひる)の脚(きゃ)絆(はん) (ahiru no kyahan): “(like) a duck's gaiters” → metaphor for something unsuited to someone's nature
• 家鴨(あひる)も鴨(かも)の気(き)位(ぐらい) (ahiru mo kamo no kigurai): “the domestic duck is also as proud as the wild duck” → a metaphor for putting on airs, from the general sense that a domestic duck is not as pretty as a wild duck

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
家	鴨
か Grade: 2	おう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

From Middle Chinese 家鴨 (MC kae 'aep).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かおー [kàóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞ː]

Noun

家(か)鴨(おう) • (kaō) ^{←かあふ (kaafu)?}

1. a domestic duck

Further reading

• Gogen Allguide entry