雫

雫 U+96EB, 雫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EB ← 雪 [U+96EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 雬 → [U+96EC]

Translingual

Han character

雫 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 一月一卜 (MBMY), composition ⿱雨下)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1623, character 51
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42219
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 6
• Unihan data for U+96EB

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		雫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎ, nuán (na³, nuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ, ㄋㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎ
    • Wade–Giles: na³
    • Yale: nǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naa
    • Palladius: на (na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuán
    • Wade–Giles: nuan²
    • Yale: nwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuan
    • Palladius: нуань (nuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯än³⁵/

Definitions

雫

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Usage notes

• Appears only in the Longkan Shoujian.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 霞 (叚 → 下).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 下.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 雫 – see 霞 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 霞).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		雫

Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雫 (shizuku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Definitions

雫

1. a drop of water. Usually used in Japanese female names.

Japanese

See also 滴

Glyph origin

A 国(こく)字(じ) (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 雨 (“rain”) + 下 (“to drop”).

Kanji

雫

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. raindrop

Readings

• Go-on: な (na)
• Kan-on: だ (da)、だん (dan)
• Kun: しずく (shizuku, 雫)^{←しづく (siduku, 雫, historical)}

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
雫
しずく Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

• (Tokyo) しずく [shìzúkúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕizɨkɯ̟]

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 雫 – see the following entry.

【滴しずく】S [noun] drop (of water or other liquids)

(This term, 雫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

雫(しずく) • (Shizuku) ^{←しづく (Siduku)?}

1. a surname
2. a female given name

References

• “^▲雫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026