膣

See also: 腟

膣 U+81A3, 膣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A3 ← 膢 [U+81A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 膤 → [U+81A4]

Translingual

Han character

膣 (radical 130 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月十金土 (BJCG), four-corner 7321₄, composition ⿰月窒)

References

• KangXi: page 993, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29849
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2109, character 3
• Unihan data for U+81A3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		膣

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 窒.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi / tit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi¹ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶
    • Yale: jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi / tit
    • Tâi-lô: tsi / tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy, did
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi³³/, /tit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/

Note:

• chi - vernacular;
• tit - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zi¹ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsi / tiak / tiek
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/, /tiak̚²/, /tiek̚²/

Note:

• zi1 - vernacular;
• diag4/diêg4 - literary (diêg4 - Chaozhou).

Definitions

膣

1. (literary) vagina
2. (Hakka, Min Nan, vulgar) vulva; female genitalia; cunt

Synonyms

• (vagina): 陰道／阴道 (yīndào)

Compounds

• 膣屄

• 膣液 (zhìyè)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

膣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ちち (chichi)
• Kan’on: ちつ (chitsu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膣
ちつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 膣 (“vagina”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zat⁶.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ちつ​ [chìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) ち​つ [chíꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 腟

Noun

膣 (hiragana ちつ, rōmaji chitsu)

1. (anatomy) vagina

Synonyms

• ワギナ (wagina), バギナ (bagina)

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Korean

Hanja

膣 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune-Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

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