The Chinese word 野鸭 means 'wild duck'. It is composed of two characters: 野, which denotes 'wild' or 'field', and 鸭, which signifies 'duck'. 鸭 incorporates the radical 鸟 for 'bird' and the component 甲 for phonetic approximation. In combination, 野 modifies 鸭 to specify the duck as wild.