雁 yàn wild goose
怎么记住“雁”: 厂 factory + 亻 person + 隹 short-tailed bird = wild goose. On the factory roof, a person feeding a short-tailed bird suddenly looks up and points at a honking wild goose.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
雁 = 厂 factory + 倠 ugly
- 厂 factory sound
- 倠 ugly meaning
- 亻 person meaning
- 隹 short-tailed bird meaning
On the factory roof, a person feeding a short-tailed bird suddenly looks up and points at a honking wild goose.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, a person and a bird give the meaning; the frame drawn over them gives the sound.
用法
- The wild goose 大雁 (dàyàn), the migratory bird flying in V-formation: a stock image in poetry for autumn, travel, and letters from afar.
- 雁 carries the association of homesickness and messages between separated people (the goose as an old 'mail carrier' image).
- Concrete and largely literary; everyday speech says 大雁.