雌

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

雌 (radical 172 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心人土 (YMPOG), four-corner 20114)

  1. female
  2. feminine
  3. gentle, soft

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

雌 (Yale chi1)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

雌 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Noun [edit]

雌 (hiragana めす, romaji mesu)

  1. female

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

雌 (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

Mandarin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

雌 (pinyin cī (ci1), cí (ci2), Wade-Giles tz'u1, tz'u2)

  1. Female (describing an Animal)

Usage notes [edit]

Commonly used for animals for the meaning of female in academic context, less commonly used for non-academic context (use "母" instead, for non-academic context), and not used for human (use "女" instead, for human). For example, 母雞/母鸡:hen, 母牛:cow

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

雌 (thư)

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