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{{also|鸭}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=196|rad=鳥|as=05|sn=16|four=67527|canj=WLHAF|ids=⿰甲鳥}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=1487.080|dkj=46823|dj=2018.130|hdz=74623.070|uh=9D28|ud=40232|bh=C06E|bd=49262}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=鸭}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|甲|鳥|t2=bird|ls=psc|c1=p|c2=s}}.

===Etymology===
''{{w|Shuowen}}'' commented that {{lang|zh|鴨}} is the colloquial name for {{och-l|鶩|duck}}. Probably {{onomatopoeic|zh|nocap=1}} in origin. Compare {{cog|sit-tan-pro|*ǰap||duck}}.

Another word meaning "duck" in Old Chinese is {{och-l|鴄}}, a substrate loanword, possibly from Tai-Kadai or Austroasiatic.

; “male prostitute”
: By analogy with {{zh-l|雞|female prostitute|lit=chicken}}. First used in 1991 film {{lang|zh|《雞鴨戀》}}. ({{zh-ref|Zhang, 2018}})

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=yā
|m-s=ya2
|c=aap3,aap3-2
|c-t=ap1
|g=ngat6
|h=pfs=ap;gd=ab5
|j=iah4
|mb=ă
|md=ák
|mn=ml,jj,yc,tw,ph:ah/ap
|mn_note=ah - vernacular; ap - literary
|mn-t=ah4
|mn-ta=LL-Q36759-Assassas77-鴨.wav
|px=pt,xy:orS5/pt,xy:ah6/xy:a5
|px_note=or5 - vernacular; ah6 - literary; a5 - in {{zh-l|鴨綠江}}
|w=sh:7aq;sz:7aeq
|x=ia6/nga6
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=y
|cat=n
}}
[[file:White_domesticated_duck,_stretching.jpg|thumb|鴨/鸭]]

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[duck]] {{zh-mw|c:隻}}
#: {{zh-x|^北京.烤鴨|[[Peking duck]]}}
# {{lb|zh|slang}} [[male]] [[prostitute]] {{zh-mw|c:隻}}
#: {{cot|zh|雞}}
# {{lb|zh|Mainland China|_|Mandarin|neologism|slang}} {{eye dialect of|zh|呀|tr=ya|t={{n-g|sentence-final particle}}}} {{defdate|since 2018}}

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|鴨子}}
{{zh-dial|男妓}}

===Compounds===
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===References===
* {{thcwd|12123}}

{{C|zh|Birds}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=n|rs=鳥05}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=よう<えふ
|kanon=おう<あふ
|kun=かも-, あひる-
}}

===Etymology 1===
<div style="float:right;">
{{wikipedia|lang=ja|カモ}}
{{wikipedia|Duck}}
[[File:Anas_crecca_landing_on_the_water.JPG|thumb|250px|{{lang|ja|鴨}} (''kamo''): a pair of '''[[duck]]s'''.]]
</div>
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|かも}}

{{unk|ja|sort=かも}}. Possibly alteration of {{inh|ja|ojp|sort=かも|-}} {{m|ja|浮かむ|tr=ukamu||to float}}, modern {{m|ja|浮かぶ|tr=ukabu}}. Alternatively, may derive from {{der|ja|ltc|sort=かも|-}} {{ltc-l|雁|a type of wild goose}}, borrowed with the [[漢音#Japanese|kan'on]] reading ''gan'', with initial ''g'' changing to ''k'' due to the avoidance of voiced stops at the start of Japanese words in older times, and final ''n'' changing to ''mu'' due to apparent lack of final ''n'' in {{cog|ojp|-}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{ja-l|鳧}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|かも|acc=1|acc_ref=NHK,DJR}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|かも|カモ}}

# a [[duck]]
# {{lb|ja|sort=かも|slang}} {{qualifier|from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt}} a [[mark]] or easy [[target]] for a [[swindle]], someone who is likely to lose at [[gambling]] or other competition
# {{lb|ja|sort=かも|slang}} {{qualifier|from the good flavor of duck meat}} short for {{m|ja|鴨の味|tr=kamo no aji||duck flavor}}: a very good [[flavor]]; by extension, any remarkably good [[sensation]] or [[feeling]], particularly describing happy [[married]] [[life]]
# {{lb|ja|sort=かも|slang}} {{qualifier|from the uniform of black clothing}} short for {{m|ja|黒鴨|tr=kurogamo||black duck}}: a [[male]] [[servant]], such as a [[butler]] or [[chauffeur]] (compare English {{m|en|penguin}})

=====Usage notes=====
{{U:ja:biology|カモ}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top}}
* {{ja-r|いい鴨|い.いかも}}: [[sitting duck]]
* {{ja-r|鴨る|かもる}}: “to make a duck of someone”: to [[skillfully]] or [[cunningly]] beat out an opponent, such as in [[gambling]] or a [[swindle]]
* {{ja-r|黒鴨|くろがも}}: [[common]] [[scoter]]
* {{ja-r|鴨嘴|かものはし}}: [[platypus]]
{{der-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{ja-r|家鴨|あひる|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|鶩|あひる}}: a [[domestic duck]]

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|かも}}

Probably from the ''duck'' sense above, in reference to the {{m|ja|鴨川|tr=Kamogawa|lit=duck river}} flowing through {{w|Kyoto}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{ja-l|賀茂}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|かも}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|かも}}

# {{surname|ja|sort=かも}}
# any of various places, particularly in {{w|Kyoto}}

===Etymology 3===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|あひる}}

Rare alternative spelling for {{m|ja|家鴨|tr=ahiru}}. See that entry for fuller details.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|あひる|acc=0|acc_ref=DJR}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|あひる}}

# {{lb|ja|sort=あひる|rare}} {{alternative spelling of|ja|nocap=1|sort=あひる|家鴨}}: a [[domestic duck]], ''{{taxfmt|Anas platyrhynchos|species}} var. domesticus'', descended from the [[mallard]]

===References===
<references/>

{{C|ja|Ducks|sort=かも}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|오리|압}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=鳥05}}

==Middle Vietnamese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|mkh-mvi|𩿠}}
* {{l|mkh-mvi|𪆧}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mkh-mvi|mkh-vie-pro|*viːt}}.

===Noun===
{{head|mkh-mvi|noun|tr=uịt}}

# [[duck]], [[drake]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|vi|vịt}} ({{l|vi|鴨}})

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=áp, vịt|rs=鳥05}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=鳥05}}