# 家鴨
## Chinese

* 家鴨

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāyā
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^1$ aap$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāyā
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiaya
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^1$-ya$^1$
*** Yale: jyā-yā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaia
*** Palladius: цзяя (czjaja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$加壓 / 加压 家鴨 / 家鸭
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$ aap$^3$
*** Yale: gā aap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$ aap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$ ab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵ aːp̚³/

### Noun

家鴨
* domestic duck (the domesticated variety of mallard)

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 菜鴨／菜鸭

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 家 | 鴨 |
| あひる ||
| Grade: 2 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun ||
Appears in texts from the late Muromachi period. Various theories exist regarding the derivation; one of the more common derives this as a sound shift from ahiro, appearing around the same time as a compound of 足 (a, “foot, feet”) +‎ 広 (hiro, stem of adjective 広い (hiroi, “broad, wide”)).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 家鴨 / 家鸭 (jiāyā).

#### Alternative forms

* 鶩, 鴨 (rare)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あひる [àhírú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠çiɾɯ̟]

#### Noun

家鴨(あひる) or 家鴨(アヒル) • (ahiru) (counter 羽)
* a domestic duck (a domesticated variety of mallard)
    アヒルの子(こ)
       ahiru no ko
       a baby duck, a duckling
* (slang, often derogatory) a woman who is short and has a large butt
* an academic grade of “B” (from the way the 乙 (otsu) character, used to indicate this grade, looks vaguely like a duck)
* (military) an amphibious truck (from the English duck)

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アヒル.

##### Derived terms

* 家鴨(あひる)下(げ)駄(た) (ahiru geta): literally, “duck clogs”: a style of 下駄 (geta, “traditional wooden clogs”) with short “teeth” (the wooden supports underneath) and a short distance between the “teeth”, so named for the way it makes the wearer walk

##### Idioms

* 家鴨(あひる)が文(ぶん)庫(こ)を背(せ)負(お)う (ahiru ga bunko o seō): “a duck carries a collection of books” → metaphor for the appearance of a short woman with a large butt, walking along
* 家鴨(あひる)の火(か)事(じ)見(み)舞(ま)い (ahiru no kajimimai)" “a duck going to visit someone after a fire” → a metaphor for a short, unattractive woman with a large butt, walking quickly
* 家鴨(あひる)の脚(きゃ)絆(はん) (ahiru no kyahan): “(like) a duck's gaiters” → metaphor for something unsuited to someone's nature
* 家鴨(あひる)も鴨(かも)の気(き)位(ぐらい) (ahiru mo kamo no kigurai): “the domestic duck is also as proud as the wild duck” → a metaphor for putting on airs, from the general sense that a domestic duck is not as pretty as a wild duck

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 家 | 鴨 |
| か Grade: 2 | おう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
*/ka apu/ → /kaafu/ → */kaawu/ → /kaau/ → /kaɔː/ → /kaoː/
From Middle Chinese 家鴨 (MC kae 'aep).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かおー [kàóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠o̞ː]

#### Noun

家(か)鴨(おう) • (kaō)
* a domestic duck

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Gogen Allguide entry