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 (first edition): volume 3, page 2109, character 3
• Unihan data for U+81A3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		膣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
荎	*di, *diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
窒	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
蛭	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	*diːɡ, *diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	*diɡ, *tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶
    • Yale: jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
    • Sinological 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
  • Sinological 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 (Classifier: 塊／块 mn-t)

Synonyms

• (vagina): 陰道／阴道 (yīndào)

Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰
Mandarin	Beijing	屄
	Taiwan	雞掰
	Harbin	屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒
	Muping	屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子
	Jinan	屄
	Luoyang	屄, 水門
	Wanrong	屄
	Xi'an	屄
	Yinchuan	屄
	Lanzhou	屄
	Xining	屄
	Ürümqi	屄
	Wuhan	屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 †
	Chengdu	屄, 胯胯 †
	Guiyang	屄
	Guilin	𫱋
	Liuzhou	屄, 閪, 𫱋
	Xuzhou	屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子
	Yangzhou	屄
	Nanjing	屄, 尿門
	Hefei	屄
	Nantong	屄
	Malaysia	屄
	Singapore	屄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閪
	Hong Kong	閪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	屄, 閪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	閪
	Macau	閪
	Panyu	閪
	Huadu (Huashan)	閪
	Conghua	閪
	Zengcheng	閪
	Foshan	閪
	Nanhai (Shatou)	閪
	Shunde	閪
	Sanshui	閪
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	閪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	閪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	閪
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	閪
	Doumen	閪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	閪, 屄
	Xinhui	閪
	Taishan	閪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閪
	Enping (Niujiang)	閪
	Heshan (Yayao)	閪
	Dongguan	閪
	Bao'an (Shajing)	閪
	Qingyuan	閪
	Fogang	閪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	閪
	Yangshan	閪
	Lianshan (Butian)	閪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	閪
	Shaoguan	閪, 膣屄
	Qujiang	閪
	Renhua	膣屄
	Lechang	閪
	Gaoyao	閪
	Sihui	屄
	Guangning	閪
	Huaiji	閪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	閪
	Yunfu	閪
	Xinxing	閪
	Luoding	閪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	閪兒
	Yangjiang	閪
	Xinyi	閪
	Nanning	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	閪
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	閪
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	閪
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	閪
	Móng Cái	閪
Gan	Nanchang	屄
	Lichuan	屄
	Pingxiang	屄
Hakka	Meixian	膣, 膣屄, 屄
	Xingning	膣屄
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	屄
	Huiyang	膣屄, 膣
	Huidong (Daling)	膣屄
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	膣屄
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	膣屄
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	閪屄
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	膣, 膣屄
	Wuhua (Changbu)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	膣屄
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	屄
	Wengyuan	膣屄
	Qujiang	膣
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	膣屄
	Liannan	膣屄
	Conghua (Lütian)	膣屄
	Jiexi	膣
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	膣
	Changting	膣
	Wuping	膣嫲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	膣屄
	Wuping (Pingyu)	膣屄
	Liancheng	膣
	Ninghua	膣
	Yudu	屄, 屄坨, 膣
	Ningdu	屄, 膣屄
	Ruijin	屄
	Shicheng	膣, 屄
	Shangyou	膣屄
	Tonggu (Sandu)	屄子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	屄
	Dayu	屄
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膣屄
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	膣屄
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	膣屄
	Dongshi (Dabu)	膣屄
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	膣屄
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	膣屄
	Hong Kong	膣屄
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	閪
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	閪
	Xinyi (Sihe)	閪
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	閪
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	閪
	Dianbai (Shalang)	閪
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	閪
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	膣屄, 閪
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	膣屄
	Mengshan (Xihe)	閪
	Luchuan	閪
	Sabah (Longchuan)	膣屄
	Senai (Huiyang)	膣屄
	Kuching (Hepo)	膣屄
	Singkawang	膣屄
Huizhou	Jixi	屄
	Shexian	屄
	Tunxi	屄
Jin	Taiyuan	屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 †
	Xinzhou	屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	屄
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	屄界
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	㞠屄
	Jianyang	屄
	Wuyishan	屄
	Pucheng (Shibei)	屄
Min Dong	Fuzhou	姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 †
	Changle	姕髀
	Fuqing	姕髀, 姕
	Yongtai	屄屄囝
	Gutian	姕髀
	Fu'an	屄
	Ningde	老姕
	Shouning	屄
	Zhouning	屄
	Fuding	屌
Min Nan	Xiamen	膣屄, 膣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	膣屄
	Quanzhou	膣屄
	Jinjiang	膣屄, 屄
	Zhangzhou	膣屄, 參屄
	Zhangpu	膣
	Zhao'an	膣屄
	Taipei	膣屄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膣屄
	Kaohsiung	膣屄
	Yilan	膣屄
	Changhua (Lukang)	膣屄
	Taichung	膣屄
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膣屄
	Tainan	膣屄, 水雞
	Taitung	膣屄
	Hsinchu	膣屄
	Kinmen	膣屄
	Penghu (Magong)	膣屄
	Penang (Hokkien)	膣屄, puki
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Manila (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Medan (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Longyan	膣屄
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	膣屄
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	閪
	Chaozhou	膣
	Shantou	膣
	Chenghai	膣
	Jieyang	膣
	Haifeng	膣, 膣屄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	膣
	Leizhou	膣
	Haikou	膣
Puxian Min	Putian	膣
	Xianyou	膣屄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	閪
Wu	Shanghai	屄, 䐁 dated
	Chongming	屄
	Suzhou	屄
	Danyang	屄, 屄屄 †
	Hangzhou	屄, 凹屄
	Ningbo	屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮
	Wenzhou	屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 †
	Jinhua	屄, 老屄
Xiang	Changsha	屄, 麻屄, 屄屄
	Shuangfeng	麻屄
	Loudi	屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous
	Quanzhou	屄
Note	† - of a girl

Compounds

• 膣屄

• 膣液 (zhìyè)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03698

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Japanese

Kanji

膣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: 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(ちつ) • (chitsu) 

1. (anatomy) vagina

Synonyms

• ワギナ (wagina), バギナ (bagina)

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Korean

Hanja

膣 (eumhun 보지 질 (boji jil))

1. Hanja form^? of 질 (“vagina”).