• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    161 year ago

    Goose is literally just “I” and “Bird”

    Bussiness iBird

    Sounds like a new apple drone that spys on you

    • nudny ekscentryk
      link
      fedilink
      11 year ago

      That’s not how this works. 我 in 鹅 is a phonetic particle, implying yi, (y)e or wo pronunciation (like in 義/义, 俄 and 哦 respectively). 鸟 is a semantic particle, indicating a bird, like in 鳳/凤, 鷹/鹰 or 鴨/鸭