雌
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Translingual
Han character
雌 (radical 172, 隹+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心人土 (YMPOG), four-corner 20114, composition ⿰此隹)
References
- KangXi: page 1366, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41998
- Dae Jaweon: page 1871, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4098, character 18
- Unihan data for U+96CC
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
雌 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 雌 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 些 | *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs |
| 跐 | *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ |
| 柴 | *zreː |
| 祡 | *zreː |
| 茈 | *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze |
| 眦 | *zreːs |
| 砦 | *zraːds |
| 寨 | *zraːds, *slɯːɡ |
| 啙 | *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ |
| 泚 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ |
| 玼 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze |
| 皉 | *sʰeːʔ |
| 鮆 | *zeːʔ, *ʔse |
| 眥 | *zeːs, *zes |
| 貲 | *ʔse |
| 髭 | *ʔse |
| 頾 | *ʔse |
| 訾 | *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 鴜 | *ʔse, *ze |
| 鈭 | *ʔse, *sʰe |
| 姕 | *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze |
| 觜 | *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 紫 | *ʔseʔ |
| 訿 | *ʔseʔ |
| 呰 | *ʔseʔ |
| 嘴 | *ʔseʔ |
| 雌 | *sʰe |
| 此 | *sʰeʔ |
| 佌 | *sʰeʔ, *seʔ |
| 庛 | *sʰes |
| 疵 | *ze |
| 骴 | *ze, *zes |
| 胔 | *ze, *zes |
| 飺 | *ze |
| 齜 | *ʔsre |
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- Commonly used for animals and plants to mean "female" in academic contexts, less commonly used in non-academic contexts (use "母" instead), and not used for humans (use "女" instead). For example:
Antonyms
- 雄 (xióng, “male”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 雌
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Japanese
Derived terms
- 雌黒豹紋蝶 (mesugurohyōmon)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雌 |
| め Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
Extension of 女 (me, “woman”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雌 |
| めん Grade: S |
| Irregular |
From 雌 (me, “female plant or animal”, see above) + ん (-n, abbreviation of case particle の (no)).
Pronunciation
Korean
Hanja
雌 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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Old Japanese
Derived terms
- 雌鳥 (me1do2ri)
Vietnamese
Han character
雌 (thư)
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