腎

See also 肾

Translingual

simpl.		肾
trad.		腎

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 臤 + ⺼ (“meat, body part”) – a body part, the kidneys.

Han character

腎 (radical 130 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水月 (SEB), four-corner 7722₇)

1. kidneys
2. testes, gizzard

Descendants

• 肾

References

• KangXi: page 987, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29621
• Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2086, character 4
• Unihan data for U+814E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

腎 (simplified 肾, Yale san5)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

/murato₁/ > /murato/.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [murato]

Noun

腎 (hiragana むらと, romaji murato)

1. kidney
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     心腎肝脯 心人情也 腎音神 訓牟良斗 肝音干 訓岐毛

Etymology 2

From earlier /murato/. Voicing suggests that it was originally a compound of mura and to.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [murado]

Noun

腎 (hiragana むらど, romaji murado)

1. kidney
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 35-36)

     腎 白虎通云 時忍反 上聲之重 无良度 [...] 水之精也 色黑 [...] 水藏也 [...]

Etymology 3

Kanji

腎

Readings

• On: じん (jin)
• Kun: かなめ (kaname)

Compounds

• 腎臓

References

• 1962 May 24, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:
• 1968 May 24 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

腎 (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune-Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

腎 (simplified 肾, pinyin shèn (shen4), zhuì (zhui4), Wade-Giles shen⁴, chui⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

腎 (thận)