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The character for goose, '鹅', originated as a pictophonetic compound where its traditional form '鵝' combined the semantic radical '鳥' meaning bird with the phonetic component '我' to suggest pronunciation, creating a logical representation for the waterfowl within the writing system. Over time, the core meaning has stayed consistently tied to the goose, though the phonetic reliability of '我' has diminished due to shifts in spoken language, leaving the character's form as a historical artifact of its linguistic construction. The simplified version '鹅' continues this pattern by using the simplified bird radical '鸟' alongside the same phonetic element, thus preserving the essential etymological framework while adapting the character for modern usage without altering its fundamental denotation.
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我看见一只鹅。
湖里有一只鹅。
鹅在河里游泳。
那只鹅的羽毛很白。
天鹅是一种美丽的鸟。
我喜欢看鹅在草地上走。
鹅和鸭子经常在一起生活。
农民饲养鹅为了获取羽毛和肉。