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The character 鹅, traditional form 鵝, is a phono-semantic compound. Its right-side semantic radical 鸟 (niǎo), 鳥 in the traditional form, categorizes the character as a type of bird. The left component 我 (wǒ) provides the phonetic cue for pronunciation. The character's meaning is literal, denoting the large waterfowl known as the goose. The simplification replaced the traditional bird radical 鳥 with 鸟, leaving the meaning and structure unchanged. As a zoological noun, it uses the avian radical to specify the phonetic left component as a particular aquatic bird.
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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。