囝

Translingual

Han character

囝 (radical 31 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田弓木 (WND), four-corner 6040₇)

1. baby, infant

References

• KangXi: page 216, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4688
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 713, character 7
• Unihan data for U+56DD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

囝 (jyutping naam4, zai2, zoi2, Yale naam4, jai2, joi2)

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Japanese

Kanji

囝

Readings

• On: けん (ken), げん (gen), がち (gachi)
• Kun: こども (kodomo)

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Korean

Hanja

囝 (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

囝 (pinyin jiǎn (jian3), Wade-Giles chien³)

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
囝

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kiã˥˧ ]

Noun

囝 (traditional and simplified, POJ kiáⁿ)

1. son

Synonyms

• trad. 後生, simpl. 后生 (hāu-seⁿ or hāu-siⁿ)

Derived terms

• 查某囝 (cha-bó·-kiáⁿ) girl
• 查埔囝 (cha-po·-kiáⁿ or ta-po·-kiáⁿ) boy
• 囝婿 (kiáⁿ-sài) son-in-law
• 病囝 (pēⁿ-kiáⁿ or pīⁿ-kiáⁿ) morning sickness

See also

• (Mandarin) trad. 兒子, simpl. 儿子 (érzi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囝 (cưởng, kiển, niên)

References

• Nom Foundation