卵

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

卵 (Yale leun5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

卵 (hiragana たまご, romaji tamago)

1. an egg

[edit] Kanji

卵 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: らん (ran), こん (kon)
• Kun: たまご (tamago)

[edit] 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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

卵 (pinyin luǎn (luan3), Wade-Giles luan³)

[edit] 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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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

卵 (noãn)