Video: How to Write "Duck" in Chinese Symbols

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Learn how to write the word "duck" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on animal Chinese characters in this free video clip.

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Now I will like to teach you the Chinese word for duck, ya zi. Like in many words, it's a toneless character. It should be pronounced very light, like ya zi, and zi has no meaning itself. It's depending on ya; ya means duck. Okay, and also we can see that the right part of ya is a character we have learned before. This is niao, which means bird. Easy to understand, duck is kind of bird. Okay, so let's look at how to write ya again. The last stroke in the laughter radical is a very long vertical here. And this is the first stroke, a little bit a short laughter falling, and the second; this is one stroke; horizontal turning hook. And then we come to the dot, one stroke until here, vertical turning, horizontal turning, hook, and a long horizontal here. In zi, one stroke, this is the second stroke. Okay, this time let's write it fast; ya zi; duck.

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How to Write "Duck" in Chinese Symbols

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