How to write 鴈

鴈 1. Goose. 2. The same as "雁" (wild goose). Hongyan. In Qing Dynasty, Duan Yucai noted: "鴈 and 雁 are different characters but refer to the same bird." 3. Falsified, fake. Later written as "贗" (counterfeit). 4. A surname. 1. Goose. "Shuowen Jiezi: Bird Section": "鴈, 䳘 (a kind of bird)." "Zhou Li: Tian Guan: Food Medicine": "In all food matters... geese should have wheat." Sun Lun said: "The reason geese should have wheat is that the king remarked: ‘It should be said that it is hungry.’" "Mozi: Miscellaneous Defenses": "When bandits arrive, first kill the cows, sheep, chickens, dogs, and geese." "Han Shu: Biography of Zhai Fangjin": "There were dogs entering from outside, gnawing on dozens of geese in the courtyard." 2. The same as "雁" (wild goose). Hongyan. Qing Dynasty, Duan Yucai's "Shuowen Jiezi Annotation: Bird Section": "鴈 and 雁 have distinct characters, and 䳘 and 鴚䳘 refer to different creatures. According to Xu Yi in 'Zhui Section', 雁 is a Hongyan, and in 'Bird Section', 鴈 refers to 䳘; 鴚䳘 is wild 䳘. The commonly used terms 雁 and 鴈 have been indistinguishable for a long time." "Liji: Monthly Order": "Geese fly north, and magpies start nesting." Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty in "Ganjie Fu": "I watch the geese soaring and gathering, imagining the mysterious birds arriving for a visit." Tang poet Bai Juyi in "Jianglou Evening View": "Winds swirl, white waves splash thousands of pieces, geese dot the blue sky in a line of characters." 3. Falsified, fake. Later written as "贗" (counterfeit). "Han Feizi: Story Forest": "Qi replaces Lu; they ask for a false tripod. Lu sent its counterfeit. The Qi people said: 'It's counterfeit.' The Lu people said: 'It's real.'" Chen Qi You's collection explains: "Real counterfeit was originally 'true鴈', which later was changed to include '贝' (shellfish)." 4. A surname. "Zheng Zi Tong: Bird Section": "鴈 as a surname. See 'Xing Yuan'."