Alternative spelling of 鴨 (“duck”)

a surname / any of various places, particularly in Kyoto

a duck / (slang) (from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt) a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition

a city (市 (shi)) in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town

“to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle; compare English to make a monkey out of, to shark someone

private; mine

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law

personal, private / secret