雌黄

See also: 雌黃

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 雌黄 – see 雌黃 (“gamboge; orpiment”).
(This term, 雌黄, is the simplified form of 雌黃.)
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1
雌黄 (shiō, kini): a sample of the mineral orpiment.
Kanji in this term
雌 黄
し
Grade: S		 おう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

/siːwau/ → /ɕiːwɔː/ → /ɕiːoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 雌黄 (tsiɛ hwang, literally “female + yellow”), indicating the mineral orpiment, in contrast to 雄黃 (hjuwng hwang, literally “male + yellow”), indicating the mineral realgar.

Cognate and homophone of 雄黄 (kini, “realgar”). Only differentiated by spelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

雌黄 (hiragana しおう, rōmaji shiō, historical hiragana しわう)

  1. orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral
Usage notes

This is the most common reading for this kanji compound.

Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
雌 黄
Grade: S Grade: 2
Irregular

From Old Japanese. Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “earth, reddish earth”). The kanji are ateji, borrowed from the Chinese term.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [kʲiɲ̟i]

Noun

雌黄 (hiragana きに, rōmaji kini)

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral
Synonyms
  • 石黄 (せきおう) (sekiō) (more common)
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References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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