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鹅

é

goose

A white goose stands at a pond edge among reeds
Memory picture

Character

鹅 é

Strokes
12
Radical
鸟 — bird
Made of
我 I, me, my 鸟 bird
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这家湿地公园重新引入鹅群,是为了恢复传统水乡的生态景观。 Zhè jiā shīdì gōngyuán chóngxīn yǐnrù é qún, shì wèile huīfù chuántǒng shuǐxiāng de shēngtài jǐngguān. This wetland park reintroduced flocks of geese to restore the ecological landscape of a traditional waterside town.
  • 池塘里有几只白鹅在游来游去。 Chítáng lǐ yǒu jǐ zhī bái é zài yóu lái yóu qù. A few white geese are swimming back and forth in the pond.
  • 外婆家养了一只大鹅,见到生人就叫。 Wàipó jiā yǎng le yì zhī dà é, jiàn dào shēngrén jiù jiào. Grandma keeps a big goose that honks whenever it sees a stranger.

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