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Wild geese and waterfowl (𠒎鴈: the first character has the pronunciation 輔于 [fú]. The Erya says: "A sluggish 𠒎 is a teal (鶩)." 鶩 has the pronunciation 木 [mù]. Guo Pu's commentary says: "A duck." The Kaosheng says: "A small wild duck." The character is formed from 鳥 (bird) with 几 as the phonetic component. 几 has the pronunciation 殊 [shū]; 几 refers to a bird's short feathers flying flappily (几几然); it is a phono-semantic character. The second character has the fanqie 顏諫 [yàn]. The Mao Commentary to the Book of Odes says: "The large ones are called wild geese (鴻); the small ones are called geese (鴈); they are birds that follow the warmth." The Yue ling says: "In the last month of autumn, wild geese arrive as guests." The Shuowen says that 鴈 means goose; it is also called 鴚, with the pronunciation 歌 [gē]).