卵

See also: 卯 and 卬

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogram (指事), likely testicles – some seal characters clearly interpret this as loins. Compare development of 母 from breasts.

Han character

卵 (radical 26 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂑卪)

1. egg
2. ovum
3. roe
4. spawn

See also

• 蛋
• 鮞
• 鯤
• 鲕
• 鲲

References

• KangXi: page 159, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
• Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 313, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5375

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		卵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luǎn (luan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon², leon⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): nn̄g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: luǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: luan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loan
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon², leon⁵
    • Yale: léun, léuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen², loen⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵn³⁵/, /lɵn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: nn̄g
    • IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nŋ̍²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (卵, reconstructed)
Character (卵), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 桓 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 盧管切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/luɑnX/	/luɑnX/	/luɑnX/	/lʷɑnX/	/lwanX/	/luɑnX/	/luɑnX/
Character (卵), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 戈 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 郎果切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/luɑX/	/luɑX/	/luɑX/	/luɑX/	/lwaX/	/luɑX/	/luɑX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (卵, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
卵								luǎn								‹ lwaX ›								/*k.rˤorʔ (dialect: *-r > *-j)/								egg
卵								luǎn								‹ lwanX ›								/*k.rˤorʔ/								egg
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
卵					8639					卵					歌					3					裸					/*ɡ·roːlʔ/
卵					8643					卵					元					3					卵					/*ɡ·roːnʔ/

Compounds

• 卵白
• 卵巢
• 卵黄
• 卵块
• 卵裂
• 卵泡
• 卵生
• 卵石
• 卵胎生
• 卵细胞
• 卵翼
• 卵用鸡
• 卵子

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Japanese

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Kanji

卵

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. an egg

Readings

• On: らん (ran)
• Kun: たまご (tamago)

Compounds

• 卵黄 (らんおう, ran'ō): yolk
• 卵殻 (らんかく, rankaku): eggshell
• 卵子 (らんし, ranshi): ovum
• 卵生 (らんせい, ransei): oviparity
• 卵巣 (らんそう, ransō): ovary
• 卵白 (らんぱく, ranpaku): albumen
• 卵焼, 卵焼き (たまごやき, tamagoyaki): omelet, fried eggs

Etymology

卵

Compound of 玉 (tama, “ball”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child, small thing”). The final ko voices to go due to rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): /ta.ma.ɡo/, [tämäɡo̞], [tämäŋo̞]

Alternative forms

• 玉子

Noun

卵 (hiragana たまご, romaji tamago)

1. an egg

   This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg, indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms, and egg as used in cooking. For the more specific biological sense of ovum, see 卵子 (ranshi).

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Hanja

卵 (ran) (hangeul 란, revised ran, McCune-Reischauer ran)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卵 (noãn)

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