男
See also: 勇
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Han character
男 (radical 102, 田+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 60427, composition ⿱田力)
References
- KangXi: page 759, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21730
- Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2529, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7537
Chinese
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variant forms | 㽖 侽 |
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Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 田 (“field”) + 力 (“strength”) – man providing the strength for agricultural labour.
Pronunciation
Definitions
男
Synonyms
- 公 (gōng, “male (of animals)”)
Antonyms
- 女 (nǚ, “female”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 男
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Japanese
Readings
- Go-on: なん (nan, Jōyō)←なん (nan, historical)←なむ (namu, ancient)
- Kan-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)←だん (dan, historical)←だむ (damu, ancient)
- Kun: おとこ (otoko, 男, Jōyō)←をとこ (wotoko, historical); お (o, 男)←を (wo, historical)
- Nanori: いさみ (isami); いさむ (isamu); おと (oto)←をと (woto, historical)
Compounds
Compounds
- 男系 (dankei, “male succession”)
- 男根 (dankon, “penis”)
- 男子 (danshi, “boy”)
- 男児 (danji, “infant boy”)
- 男娼 (danshō, “male prostitute”)
- 男爵 (danshaku, “baron”)
- 男女 (danjo, “man and woman”)
- 男色 (danshoku, “homosexual”)
- 男性 (dansei, “man”)
- 男声 (dansei, “male voice”)
- 男装 (dansō, “male costume”)
- 男尊女卑 (dansonjohi, “male chauvinism”)
- 男優 (dan'yū, “actor”)
- 男根 (nankon)
- 男色 (nanshoku)
- 下男 (genan)
- 次男, 二男 (jinan)
- 善男 (zennan)
- 善男善女 (zennan zennyo)
- 息男 (sokunan, “son”, honorific)
- 嫡男 (chakunan)
- 長男 (chōnan)
- 美男 (binan), 美男 (bidan)
Etymology 1
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男 |
おとこ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
⟨woto2ko1⟩ → */wotəkʷo/ → /wotoko/ → /otoko/
From Old Japanese.
Derived from おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese 復つ (wotu → otsu), “to become young”) + 子 (ko, “child”).
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 男し (otokoshi)
- 男郎花 (otokoeshi), 男郎花 (otokomeshi)
- 男親 (otokooya, “male parent”)
- 男神 (otokogami, “masculine god”)
- 男側 (otokogawa, “man's side”)
- 男気 (otokogi, “chivalrous spirit”)
- 男心 (otoko-gokoro, “male mind”)
- 男言葉 (otoko kotoba, “male language”)
- 男坂 (otokozaka, “steep slope”)
- 男手 (otokode, “male worker”)
- 男友達 (otoko tomodachi, “boyfriend, male friend”)
- 男の子 (otoko no ko, “boy”)
- 男の人 (otoko no hito, “adult man”)
- 男前 (otokomae)
- 男役 (otokoyaku, “role of man”)
- 男山 (otokoyama, “steep mountain”)
- 男鰥 (otoko yamome)
- 男湯 (otokoyu, “men's bath”)
- 男を上げる (otoko o ageru)
- 男を売る (otoko o uru)
- 男を下げる (otoko o sageru)
- 男を知る (otoko o shiru)
- 男を磨く (otoko o migaku)
- 色男 (irootoko)
- 作男 (sakuotoko)
- 下男 (shimootoko)
- 間男 (maotoko)
- むくつけ男 (mukutsuke otoko)
- 雪男 (yuki otoko)
Idioms
Idioms
- 男が廃る (otoko ga sutaru)
- 男が立つ (otoko ga tatsu)
- 男になる (otoko ni naru)
- 男は気で持て (otoko wa ki de mote)
- 男は閾を跨げば七人の敵あり (otoko wa shikii o matageba shichinin no teki ari)
- 男は辞儀に余れ (otoko haji gi ni amare)
- 男は松女子は藤 (otoko wa matsu onago wa fuji)
Proverbs
- 男の目には糸を引け女の目には鈴を張れ (otoko no me ni wa ito o hike onna no me ni wa suzu o hare)
- 男は度胸女は愛嬌 (otoko wa dokyō onna wa aikyō)
- 男は裸百貫 (otoko wa hadaka-hyakkan)
Noun
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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男 |
おのこ Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
Compound of 男 (o, “male”, see above) + の (no, possessive particle) + 子 (ko, “child”).
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 男手 (onokode)
- 男同胞 (onoko harakara)
- 東男 (azuma-otoko)
- 上の男 (ue no onoko)
- 下種男 (gesu onoko)
- 才の男 (zae no onoko)
- むくつけ男 (mukutsuke onoko)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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男 |
なん Grade: 1 |
goon |
/nam/ → /namʉ/ → /naɴ/
From Middle Chinese 男 (MC nʌm).
The goon reading, so likely initial borrowing.
Derived terms
- 一男 (ichinan)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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男 |
だん Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
/dam/ → /damʉ/ → /daɴ/
From Middle Chinese 男 (MC nʌm).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Noun
Korean
Kunigami
Okinawan
Kanji
男 (hiragana ゐきが, romaji wikiga, hiragana ゆきが, romaji yukiga)
Derived terms
- 男しーじゃ (ゐきがしーじゃ, wikiga shīja, “older brother”)
Vietnamese
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
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