鴨 = 甲 + 鳥

鴨 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “duck”. It is built from 甲 (armor) and 鳥 (bird).

Keyword: duck
Pinyin (Mandarin): yā
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: утка
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鴨 wild duck

Decomposition

ids

甲 armor
鳥 bird

How to find 鴨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “armor” + “bird”. 鴨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鴨 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.