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U+725D, 牝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-725D

[U+725C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+725E]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 93, +2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心 (HQP), four-corner 21510, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19925
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1800, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+725D

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
𪊯
𤘥

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *bilʔ, *binʔ) : semantic (cattle) + phonetic (OC *pilʔ).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi(y)-n (female, mother, big, molar) (STEDT, Schuessler (2007)). Cognate with Mizo pui (full-grown female, mother (generally used of animals), suffix or particle), ha-pui (molar); Jingpho wi ~ yi (female); etc.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (15) (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjijX bjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪX/ /biɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/biX/ /binX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɪX/ /bjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biX/ /binX/
Li
Rong
/biX/ /biĕnX/
Wang
Li
/biX/ /bĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱiX/ /bʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bei6 ban6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
pìn pìn
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjijX › ‹ bjinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b]irʔ/ (dialect: *-r > *-j) /*[b]irʔ/
English female of animals female of animals

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 489 490
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bilʔ/ /*binʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (of an animal) female
    Synonym: ()
    Antonym: ()
  2. (literary) female genitalia
  3. gorge; valley
  4. type of keyhole in ancient times

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. female (of an animal)
  2. female genitalia
  3. gorge, hole, hollow

Readings

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  • Go-on: びん (bin)
  • Kan-on: ひん (hin)
  • Kun: (me)めす (mesu)

Korean

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Hanja

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(bin) (hangeul , revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tẫn

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