Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Stroke order (Japan)
Han character [ edit ]
卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩 +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI ), four-corner 77720 , composition ⿰𠂑 卪 )
Derived characters [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
KangXi: page 159 , character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 4
Unihan data for U+5375
Chinese [ edit ]
Wikipedia has articles on:
卵 (Written Standard Chinese? ) 卵 (Cantonese) 卵 (Gan) Nn̄g (Min Nan) 卵 (Wu)
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
卵
*ɡ·roːlʔ, *ɡ·roːnʔ
關
*kroːn
関
*kroːn
聯
*ɡ·ron
Pictogram (象形 ) – spawn , egg .
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row ( “ egg, nit ” ) with nominalizing suffix *‑n ; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ ( sro ma , “ egg of a louse, nit, small bubble ” ) (Benedict, 1976 ; Gong, 1995 ; Schuessler, 2007 ; STEDT).
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um ( “ egg ” ) , while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.
Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ , “fruit”).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Note :
sō̤ng - vernacular;
lǔing - literary.
Min Dong
Note :
lâung - vernacular;
luāng - literary.
Min Nan
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Taipei , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Sanxia , Kinmen , Magong , Hsinchu , Taichung , Singapore )
(Hokkien : Quanzhou , Lukang , Philippines , Jinjiang )
(Hokkien : Zhangzhou , Yilan , Penang )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
Note :
nn̄g/nňg/nūi - vernacular;
loán - literary.
Wu
Note :
3lu - “egg”;
3loe - “penis”.
Xiang
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
卵
卵
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
luǎn
luǎn
Middle Chinese
‹ lwaX ›
‹ lwanX ›
Old Chinese
/*k.rˁorʔ/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)
/*k.rˁorʔ/
English
egg
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
卵
卵
Reading #
1/2
2/2
No.
8639
8643
Phonetic component
卵
卵
Rime group
歌
元
Rime subdivision
3
3
Corresponding MC rime
裸
卵
Old Chinese
/*ɡ·roːlʔ/
/*ɡ·roːnʔ/
Definitions [ edit ]
卵
egg ; ovum ; roe ; spawn
( entomology ) fertilised egg
( regional ) testicles
( regional ) penis ; male genitals ; scrotum
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
卵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
蛋 , 卵
Mandarin
Beijing
蛋 , 子兒
Taiwan
蛋
Jinan
蛋
Wanrong
蛋
Wuhan
蛋
Chengdu
蛋
Guiyang
蛋
Guilin
蛋
Xuzhou
蛋
Yangzhou
蛋
Hefei
蛋
Malaysia
蛋
Singapore
蛋
Cantonese
Guangzhou
蛋 , 春
Hong Kong
蛋 , 春
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
春
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
春
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
春
Macau
蛋 , 春
Guangzhou (Panyu)
春 , 蛋
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
蛋
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
春
Foshan
春 , 蛋
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
春
Foshan (Shunde)
春
Foshan (Sanshui)
春
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
春
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
春
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
春
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
春
Zhuhai (Doumen)
蛋
Jiangmen (Baisha)
蛋
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
蛋
Taishan
蛋
Kaiping (Chikan)
蛋
Enping (Niujiang)
蛋
Heshan (Yayao)
蛋
Dongguan
春
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
春
Yangjiang
蛋 , 春
Nanning
蛋
Wuzhou
蛋
Yulin
蛋
Hepu (Lianzhou)
蛋
Beihai
蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
蛋
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
蛋
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)
子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
蛋
Singapore (Guangfu)
蛋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
蛋
Móng Cái
蛋
Gan
Nanchang
蛋
Hakka
Meixian
卵 , 春 , 蛋
Xingning
春
Dabu (Xihe)
春
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
春
Huiyang
春
Dongguan (Qingxi)
春
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
春
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
春
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
春
Wuhua (Huacheng)
春
Wuhua (Changbu)
春
Wuhua (Mianyang)
春
Heyuan (Bendihua)
春
Wengyuan
春
Liannan
春
Conghua (Lütian)
春
Jiexi
卵
Luhe
卵
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
卵
Changting
蛋
Wuping
蛋
Wuping (Yanqian)
蛋
Liancheng
卵
Ninghua
蛋
Tonggu (Sandu)
蛋
Ganzhou (Panlong)
蛋
Dayu
蛋
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
卵 , 春
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
卵 , 春
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
卵 , 春
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
卵 , 春
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
卵 , 春
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
卵
Hong Kong
春 , 蛋
Yangxi (Tangkou)
春
Yangchun (Sanjia)
春
Xinyi (Sihe)
春
Xinyi (Qianpai)
蛋
Gaozhou (Xindong)
春
Dianbai (Shalang)
蛋
Huazhou (Xin'an)
蛋
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
蛋
Lianjiang (Qingping)
蛋
Mengshan (Xihe)
春
Luchuan
蛋
Sabah (Longchuan)
春
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
春
Senai (Huiyang)
春
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
春
Singkawang
春
Jin
Taiyuan
蛋
Min Bei
Jian'ou
卵
Songxi
卵
Zhenghe
卵
Jianyang
卵
Wuyishan
卵
Min Dong
Fuzhou
卵
Changle
卵
Lianjiang
卵
Fuqing
卵
Pingtan
卵
Yongtai
卵
Minqing
卵
Gutian
卵
Pingnan
卵
Luoyuan
卵
Fu'an
卵
Ningde
卵
Xiapu
卵
Zherong
卵
Shouning
卵
Zhouning
卵
Fuding
卵
Matsu
卵
Min Nan
Xiamen
卵
Xiamen (Tong'an)
卵
Quanzhou
卵
Jinjiang
卵
Nan'an
卵
Shishi
卵
Hui'an
卵
Anxi
卵
Yongchun
卵
Dehua
卵
Zhangzhou
卵
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
卵
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
卵
Hua'an
卵
Nanjing
卵
Pinghe
卵
Zhangpu
卵
Yunxiao
卵
Zhao'an
卵
Dongshan
卵
Taipei
卵
New Taipei (Sanxia)
卵
Kaohsiung
卵
Yilan
卵
Changhua (Lukang)
卵
Taichung
卵
Taichung (Wuqi)
卵
Tainan
卵
Taitung
卵
Hsinchu
卵
Kinmen
卵
Penghu (Magong)
卵
Penang (Hokkien)
卵
Singapore (Hokkien)
卵
Manila (Hokkien)
卵
Longyan
卵
Zhangping
卵
Datian
卵
Chaozhou
卵
Shantou
卵
Shantou (Chenghai)
卵
Jieyang
卵
Haifeng
卵
Bangkok (Teochew)
卵
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
卵
Singapore (Teochew)
卵
Leizhou
卵
Wenchang
卵
Haikou
卵
Singapore (Hainanese)
卵
Puxian Min
Putian
卵
Xianyou
卵
Min Zhong
Yong'an
卵
Sanyuan
卵
Shaxian
卵
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
春
Wu
Shanghai (Chongming)
蛋
Suzhou
蛋
Danyang
蛋
Ningbo
蛋
Wenzhou
卵
Jinhua
卵
Xiang
Changsha
蛋
Shuangfeng
蛋
Dialectal synonyms of
睪丸 (“testicle”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
外腎 , 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
睪丸 , 精巢
Mandarin
Beijing
卵子兒 , 卵包子 , 小蛋兒
Taiwan
蛋蛋
Harbin
卵子兒
Jinan
球蛋
Luoyang
蛋子兒 , 蛋
Wanrong
子
Xi'an
蛋子兒
Yinchuan
卵子
Lanzhou
脬子兒 , 腎
Ürümqi
脬卵子 , 卵子
Wuhan
卵子 , 卵蛋 , 卵坨
Chengdu
卵 , 卵蛋 , 蛋蛋 , 卵子 , 敲敲兒
Guiyang
卵蛋
Liuzhou
卵考子 , 考子
Yangzhou
卵蛋 , 卵子子
Nanjing
卵子
Singapore
球
Cantonese
Guangzhou
春子
Hong Kong
春 , 春子 , 波子
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
核
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
核春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
核仁
Kaiping (Chikan)
春牯
Dongguan
春核
Beihai
卵銀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
卵銀
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
卵核
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
春仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
卵
Móng Cái
卵核
Gan
Lichuan
順子
Pingxiang
卵坨子
Hakka
Meixian
核卵
Yudu
卵子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
核卵
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
核卵
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
核卵
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
核卵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
核卵
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
核卵
Hong Kong
核卵
Sabah (Longchuan)
核卵
Senai (Huiyang)
核
Singkawang
核卵
Huizhou
Jixi
卵子
Jin
Xinzhou
蛋籽子
Min Dong
Fuzhou
𡳞核子 , 𡳞核
Min Nan
Xiamen
𡳞核 , 腎子
Quanzhou
𡳞核 , 腎子
Zhangzhou
𡳞核 , 腎子
Taipei
𡳞核
New Taipei (Sanxia)
𡳞核
Kaohsiung
𡳞核 , 𡳞核仔
Yilan
𡳞核
Changhua (Lukang)
𡳞核 , 𡳞核仔
Taichung
𡳞核仔
Taichung (Wuqi)
𡳞核
Tainan
𡳞核 , 𡳞核仔
Taitung
𡳞核仔
Hsinchu
𡳞核 , 𡳞核仔
Kinmen
𡳞核
Penghu (Magong)
𡳞核
Penang (Hokkien)
𡳞核 , 核 , 𡳞脬子
Singapore (Hokkien)
𡳞核 , 腎子 , 𡳞脬子
Chaozhou
核
Shantou
𡳞核
Jieyang
𡳞核 , 𡳞仁
Haifeng
𡳞脬核
Bangkok (Teochew)
𡳞核
Leizhou
𡳞脬子 , 𡳞脬核 , 核子
Haikou
𡳞脬仁
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
卵子
Wu
Shanghai
卵子
Suzhou
卵子
Danyang
卵脬黃 , 卵子黃
Hangzhou
卵子
Ningbo
卵黃 , 卵袋黃
Wenzhou
卵子 , 卵袋子 , 陰袋子
Jinhua
老核子
Xiang
Loudi
考子 , 卵子
Dialectal synonyms of
陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
玉莖 , 陽具 , 陽物 , 陰體 , 人道 , 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
陰莖 , 陽具 , 男根
Mandarin
Beijing
雞巴 , 卵子 , 雀子 † , 小雞兒 † , 小蟲兒 †
Taiwan
雞雞 , 屌 , 肉棒 , 老二 , 命根 , 命根子 , 小弟弟 , 小鳥 † , 小雞雞 †
Harbin
雞巴 , 雞巴嘚兒 , 雞巴頭子 , 嘚兒 , 牛子 , 老二 , 二哥 , 腿兒 , 牛牛兒 † , 小牛子 † , 家雀兒 †
Muping
鴨子 , 雞子 , 雞巴 , 屌 , 小鴨兒 †
Jinan
屌 , 小雞兒 † , 小雞雞 †
Luoyang
雞巴 , 屌 , 膀 , 雞巴兒 † , 小雞兒雞兒 †
Wanrong
鴨子 , 鴨兒 †
Xi'an
㞗 , 錘子 , 牛牛兒 †
Yinchuan
㞗 , 雞巴 , 雞雞 †
Lanzhou
㞗 , 牛牛子 †
Xining
雞巴 , 㞗 , 錘子 , 雞雞 †
Ürümqi
㞗 , 㞗把子 , 錘子 , 雞雞 † , 㞗㞗 †
Wuhan
鴨蒂 , 雞巴 , 卵 , 雀雀 † , 鴨鴨 † , 雞雞 †
Huanggang
卵 , 雞巴
Chengdu
錘子 , 雞巴 , 雞棍兒 , 雞兒 , 雀雀兒 , 雀雀 , 麻雀兒 , 毛鰱魚 , 老二 , 㞗 , 雞雞 † , 小雞兒 † , 小麻雀兒 † , 小雀雀兒 †
Guiyang
雞巴 , 大雞巴 , 乾雞巴 , 馬雞巴 , 卵子 , 㞗 , 屌 , 下二哥 , 二哥 , 甩甩 , 錘錘 dated , 錘子 dated , 雞雞 † , 小雞兒 † , 雞兒 † , 麻雀 † , 小麻雀 † , 雀雀 †
Liuzhou
鳥 , 卵 , 二老爺 , 大頭蟲 , 鳥崽 †
Xuzhou
屌 , 雞巴 , 雞尜尜 , 屌頭子 , 老二 , 二哥 , 一家人兒 , 打種的 dated , 小雞兒 † , 雞兒 † , 尜尜 † , 小老雀兒 † , 老雀兒 †
Yangzhou
雞巴 , 屌子 , 屌 , 卵子 , 麻雀子 †
Nanjing
雞巴 , 屌 , 麻雀 , 小麻雀兒 †
Hefei
屌 , 雞巴 , 尕尕雞 † , 尕雞 †
Nantong
屌兒 , 屌
Singapore
小鳥 †
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
㞗
Cantonese
Guangzhou
㞗 , 𨳍 , 𡳞 , 賓舟 , 小便 , 祠堂 , 脧 † , 脧脧 † , 㞗脧 † , 脧仔 † , 咕咕 † , 雀仔 † , 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong
㞗 , 𨳍 , 𡳞 , 賓舟 , 弟弟 , 細佬 , 何B仔 , 子孫根 , 祠堂 , 第三隻腳 , 第五肢 , J slang , 丁 slang , 嘢 euphemistic , 脧 † , 脧脧 † , 脧脧仔 † , 咕咕 † , 雀仔 † , 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
𡳞 , 鵝仔 †
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
鵝仔 , 𡳞
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
𡳞 , 𡳞仔 †
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
𡳞
Macau
㞗
Guangzhou (Panyu)
㞗 , 𨳍
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
㞗
Guangzhou (Conghua)
㞗
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
㞗
Foshan
㞗
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
㞗
Foshan (Shunde)
㞗
Foshan (Sanshui)
㞗 , 𨳍
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
㞗
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
㞗 , 𨳍
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
㞗脧 , 𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen)
𨳍 , 㞗
Jiangmen (Baisha)
雀 , 𡳞
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
𡳞 , 㞗
Taishan
𡳞 , 雀 † , 雀仔 †
Kaiping (Chikan)
𡳞 , 𨳍
Enping (Niujiang)
𡳞 , 𨳍
Heshan (Yayao)
𨳍
Dongguan
𡳞 , 鵝必 †
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
𡳞
Qingyuan
㞗
Fogang
𨳍
Yingde (Hanguang)
㞗
Yangshan
巧
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
巧
Shaoguan
𨳍
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
㞗
Renhua
𡳞子
Lechang
雞巴 , 𨳍
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
㞗
Sihui
巧 , 㞗 , 𨳍
Guangning
巧
Deqing
屌 , 𨳍
Huaiji
㞗
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
㞗
Yunfu
𨳍
Xinxing
𨳍
Luoding
𨳍
Yunan (Pingtai)
㞗
Yangjiang
㞗 , 𨳍
Xinyi
𨳍
Nanning
𨳍
Hepu (Lianzhou)
㞗脧
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
𡳞 , 㞗 , 𨳍
Singapore (Guangfu)
𡳞 , 㞗 , 𨳍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
賓舟
Gan
Nanchang
卵 , 卵雞子 † , 卵雞 †
Lichuan
卵 , 老二
Pingxiang
卵 , 卵仔 † , 雞仔 †
Hakka
Meixian
𡳞棍 , 𡳞仔 , 𡳞 , 脧 , 脧仔 †
Xingning
脧哩 , 𡳞棍
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
𡳞
Huidong (Daling)
𡳞棍 , 脧仔
Dongguan (Qingxi)
脧
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
脧
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
𡳞 , 脧
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
𨳍
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
脧哩 , 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Huacheng)
脧哩 , 脧 , 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Changbu)
脧
Wuhua (Mianyang)
脧哩 , 𡳞棍
Heyuan (Bendihua)
𡳞
Wengyuan
𡳞子
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
𡳞棍
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
𡳞棍 , 脧
Liannan
脧子
Conghua (Lütian)
𨳍
Jiexi
脧
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
𡳞
Changting
𡳞子 , 𡳞
Wuping
𡳞
Wuping (Yanqian)
𡳞子
Wuping (Pingyu)
𡳞
Liancheng
𡳞 , 脧
Ninghua
脧
Yudu
卵 , 卵子 † , 尒卵子 †
Ningdu
卵
Ruijin
卵陀
Shicheng
卵梗
Shangyou
卵
Tonggu (Sandu)
卵子
Ganzhou (Panlong)
卵
Dayu
卵
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
𡳞棍
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
𡳞棍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
𡳞棍
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
𡳞棍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
𡳞棍
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
脧子
Hong Kong
𡳞 , 脧 †
Mengshan (Xihe)
𡳞
Luchuan
脧
Sabah (Bao'an)
𡳞棍 , 𡳞
Sabah (Longchuan)
脧仔
Senai (Huiyang)
𡳞棍
Singkawang
脧
Huizhou
Jixi
鳥 , 老八鳥 , 八鳥
Shexian
鳥
Tunxi
雞兒 , 鳥兒
Xiuning
鳥 , 卵 , 雞兒 , 雞雞 † , 下身 euphemistic
Yixian
卵
Qimen
屌兒
Wuyuan
菩蒂
Jin
Taiyuan
㞗 , 雞巴 , 雀兒 , 雞雞 † , 狗雞兒 †
Pingyao
㞗兒 , 秤桿 , 狗雞兒 † , 雞兒 † , 狗雞雞 †
Xinzhou
㞗 , 雞巴 , 雞雞 , 二掌櫃 , 小腹 , 雞溜子 † , 雞溜 † , 毛㞗 of an adult
Min Bei
Jian'ou
𫵓 , 𫵓仔 , 𫵓𫵓仔 †
Jian'ou (Dikou)
𫵓
Songxi
𫵓
Zhenghe
𫵓
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
𫵓牯
Jianyang
𫵓
Wuyishan
脧
Pucheng (Shibei)
脧
Min Dong
Fuzhou
欛欛 , 䐯鳥 , 欛欛囝 † , 鳥鳥囝 † , 䐯鳥囝 †
Changle
欛欛囝
Fuqing
䐯 , 鳥 †
Yongtai
䐯鳥
Gutian
䐯鳥
Fu'an
䐯鳥
Ningde
䐯
Shouning
䐯鳥
Zhouning
䐯鳥
Fuding
䐯䐯 , 䐯鳥
Matsu
欛欛
Min Nan
Xiamen
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞𦉎 , 𡳞 , 鳥仔 †
Xiamen (Tong'an)
𡳞鳥
Quanzhou
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞𦉎 , 𡳞 , 鳥仔 †
Jinjiang
𡳞鳥
Anxi
𡳞鳥
Yongchun
𡳞鳥
Zhangzhou
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞𦉎 , 𡳞 , 鳥仔 †
Zhangpu
𡳞
Dongshan
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞鳥仔 †
Taipei
𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Sanxia)
𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung
𡳞鳥
Yilan
𡳞鳥
Changhua (Lukang)
𡳞鳥
Taichung
𡳞鳥
Taichung (Wuqi)
𡳞鳥
Tainan
𡳞鳥 , 戛 , 訶
Taitung
𡳞鳥
Hsinchu
𡳞鳥
Kinmen
𡳞鳥
Penghu (Magong)
𡳞鳥
Penang (Hokkien)
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞 , 小弟 , 咕咕鳥 , 咕咕
Singapore (Hokkien)
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞 , 弟弟 , 小弟 , 咕咕鳥 †, childish
Manila (Hokkien)
𡳞鳥
Zhangping (Yongfu)
𡳞 , 𡳞公仔 †
Datian
𡳞鳥
Pingnan (Shangdu)
㞗
Chaozhou
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞
Shantou
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞
Shantou (Chaoyang)
𡳞鳥
Jieyang
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞 , 鳥 † , 龜鳥 †
Haifeng
𡳞鳥
Bangkok (Teochew)
鳥 , 𡳞 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Chiang Mai (Teochew)
𡳞
Hat Yai (Teochew)
𡳞 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
𡳞
Singapore (Teochew)
𡳞鳥 , 𡳞
Leizhou
𡳞 , 鳥 , 殼車
Wenchang
頹
Haikou
頹 , 鳥 †
Puxian Min
Putian
𡳞 , 𡳞囝
Putian (Donghai)
𡳞 , 𡳞鳥 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Putian (Jiangkou)
𡳞 , 𡳞囝
Putian (Nanri)
𡳞 , 𡳞囝 , 𡳞鳥 † , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou
𡳞 , 𡳞鳥 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Fengting)
𡳞 , 𡳞鳥 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Youyang)
𡳞 , 𡳞鳥 , 𡳞鳥囝 †
Min Zhong
Yong'an
脧
Sanyuan
脧
Shaxian
脧仔
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
𨳍 , 麻鳥 , 二老弟 , 慈姑椗 †
Shehua
Fu'an
𡳞仔
Fuding
𡳞仔
Luoyuan
𡳞仔
Sanming
𡳞仔
Shunchang
𡳞仔
Hua'an
𡳞仔
Guixi (Zhangping)
𡳞仔
Cangnan
𡳞仔
Jingning
𡳞
Lishui
𡳞
Longyou
𡳞鳥
Chaozhou
𡳞仔
Fengshun
𡳞仔
Wu
Shanghai
卵 , 屌屌 † , 屌屌頭 † , 小雞雞 † , 麻鳥 †
Shanghai (Chongming)
卵 , 卵子 , 卵卵 † , 小尿螺 †
Suzhou
卵 , 鳥 , 雞雞 † , 小卵 † , 長生果 †
Wuxi
卵
Danyang
卵 , 卵子 , 屌子 , 屌 , 雞巴 , 雞雞 † , 小雀雀 † , 雀雀 † , 八八 † , 八雞 †
Hangzhou
雀兒 , 八屌 , 卵脬 , 小八屌 † , 麻雀兒 † , 麻油壺兒 †
Ningbo
卵 , 卵子 , 卵瓜瓜 † , 瓜瓜 †
Wenzhou
頹 , 卵脬 , 卵脬兒 , 臀卵脬 , 脬兒 † , 脬脬兒 † , 奶哥鳥兒 †
Jinhua
老八兒 , 聊子 , 雀 , 雞巴 , 八兒八兒 †
Xiang
Changsha
卵 , 雞巴 , 掉它 , 太鬍子 , 雞雞 † , 鳥鳥 † , 鳥 † , 梗梗 †
Loudi
雞巴 , 卵 , 勺欛腦殼 , 雞雞 † , 雞崽唧 †
Shuangfeng
卵子 , 雞蓀子 †
Quanzhou
屌把
Note
† - of a boy
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 𡳞 (“male genitalia ; penis ; dick ; etc.”). (This character, 卵 , is a variant form of 𡳞 .)
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 鯤 (“fish roe ”). (This character, 卵 , is an obsolete form of 鯤 .)
Compounds [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Japanese [ edit ]
卵
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji )
an egg
Readings [ edit ]
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
From 玉 ( tama , “ ball ” ) + 子 ( ko , “ child, small thing ” ) . The ko reading for 子 changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁 ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
卵( たまご ) • (tamago )
an egg , including fish roe
1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ [Wing Egg Elf]”, in Vol.5 , Konami :
たまご のカラに身( み ) を包( つつ ) む天( てん ) 使( し ) 。大( おお ) きな羽( はね ) で攻( こう ) 撃( げき ) を防( ふせ ) ぐ。Tamago no kara ni mi o tsutsumu tenshi. Ōki na hane de kōgeki o fusegu.An angel sheltered inside an egg shell. It fends off attacks with its massive wings.
2000 July 13, “ドラゴン・エッガー [Dragon Egger]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant -ファラオのしもべ- , Konami :
卵( たまご ) のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子( こ ) 供( ども ) と間( ま ) 違( ちが ) えると痛( いた ) い目( め ) にあうぞ!Tamago no kara o kabutte iru doragon. Kodomo to machigaeru to itaime ni au zo!A dragon who shelters in an egg shell. Never mistake him for a literal baby!
2003 July 17, “ジェノサイドキングサーモン [Genocide King Salmon]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness ], Konami :
暗( あん ) 黒( こく ) 海( かい ) の主( ぬし ) として恐( おそ ) れられている巨( きょ ) 大( だい ) なシャケ。その卵( たまご ) は暗( あん ) 黒( こく ) 界( かい ) 一( いち ) の美( び ) 味( み ) として知( し ) られている。Ankokukai no nushi to shite osorerarete iru kyodai na shake. Sono tamago wa Ankokukaiichi no bimi to shiteshirarete iru. A giant salmon worst feared in the Dark Sea. Its roe is best known as the ultimate delicacy of the Dark World.
the beginning or start of something ( compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed )
a beginner or rookie at something
ぼく、加( か ) 藤( とう ) 広( ひろ ) 康( やす ) 。イラストレーターの卵( たまご ) 。 Boku, Katō Hiroyasu. Irasutorētā no tamago . My name’s Katō Hiroyasu. I’m a rookie illustrator.
Usage notes [ edit ]
This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg , indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms , and an egg as used in cooking . For the more specific biological sense of ovum , see 卵子 ( ranshi ) .
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
From Middle Chinese 卵 (MC luɑnX ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
卵( らん ) • (ran )
an ovum
References [ edit ]
卵 (eumhun 알 란 ( al ran ) , South Korea 알 난 ( al nan ) )
Hanja form? of 란 /난 ( “ ovum ” ) .
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
卵 : Hán Nôm readings: noãn
chữ Hán form of noãn ( “ botanical ovule ” ) .
Yonaguni [ edit ]
卵
Pronunciation [ edit ]
卵 (hiragana かいく゚ , romaji kaingu )
egg