鹅 é goose
怎么记住“鹅”: 我 I + 鸟 bird = goose. "I am not scared of any bird," says the farm boy, just before the angry goose chases him.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
鹅 = 我 I + 鸟 bird
- 我 I sound
- 鸟 bird meaning
"I am not scared of any bird," says the farm boy, just before the angry goose chases him.
How it came to be
The bird gives the meaning and the sign for I the sound.
用法
- Goose: 鹅 / 大白鹅 (dà bái é) big white goose; 天鹅 (tiān'é) swan (literally 'sky goose').
- 鹅毛 (émáo) goose feather gives 鹅毛大雪 (émáo dàxuě) 'snow in goose-feather flakes' = heavy, fluffy snowfall.
- Note the 'e' rhymes: 鹅, 鸭 (yā duck), 鸡 (jī chicken) are the poultry trio.