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雌
雌
Translingual
Han character
雌 (radical 172 隹+5, 13 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
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ci1
- Yale: chī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: cii
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci4
- IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 此移切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰiə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰie/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cī |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1721 |
| Phonetic component |
此 |
| Rime group |
支 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
雌 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰe/ |
Definitions
雌
- (formal) female (describing animals)
Usage notes
- Commonly used for animals 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”)
Korean
Hanja
雌 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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Vietnamese
Han character
雌 (thư)
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