囝
Translingual
Han character
囝 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田弓木 (WND), four-corner 60407, composition ⿴囗子)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4688
- Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 7
- Unihan data for U+56DD
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogram (指事) : 囗 + 子 (“child; son”). Compare 囡.
Etymology 1
simp. and trad. |
囝 | |
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alternative forms | 仔 |
Min dialectal word for “son; child”. Substrate borrowing, cognate with Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun (“child, son”) (Vietnamese con, Khmer កូន (koun)) (Schuessler, 2007). Likely related to 昆 (OC *kuːn, “descendants”) (ibid.).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zai2
- Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̌ing
- Eastern Min (BUC): giāng
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
- Wade–Giles: chien3
- Yale: jyǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
- Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zai2
- Yale: jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̌ing
- Sinological IPA (key): /kyiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: giāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiaŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang, Sanxia, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kánn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvar
- IPA (Lukang): /kã⁵⁵/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gian2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiáⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kĩã⁵²/
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kranʔ/
Definitions
(deprecated template usage) 囝 (Min)
- son
- child
- baby, infant
- Diminutive suffix attached to nouns, equivalent to Mandarin 子 (zǐ).
- Diminutive suffix attached to classifiers.
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 子 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 子 |
Taiwan | 子 | |
Singapore | 子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔1 |
Hong Kong | 仔1 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 仔1 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 仔1 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 仔6 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 仔6 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 仔6 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 仔6 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 仔1 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囝 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 仔2 |
Quanzhou | 仔2 | |
Jinjiang | 仔2 | |
Zhangzhou | 仔2 | |
Zhangpu | 仔2 | |
Tainan | 仔2 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 囝 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 囝, 仔2 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 仔2 | |
Shantou | 囝 | |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 囝 | |
Jieyang | 囝 | |
Haifeng | 仔2 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 囝 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 囝 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 囝 | |
Wenchang | 囝 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 囝 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 頭, 子 |
Compounds
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 囝 – see 囡 (“child; daughter; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 囡). |
Etymology 3
Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian. One of the Chinese characters of Empress Wu.
For pronunciation and definitions of 囝 – see 月 (“moon; moon-shaped; round like a moon; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 月). |
Japanese
Kanji
囝
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
囝 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 囝 (cưởng, kiển, niên)
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References
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