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See also:
U+96DB, 雛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96DB

[U+96DA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96DC]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 172, +10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 心山人土 (PUOG), four-corner 20414, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 39
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42121
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1874, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4105, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+96DB

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𬸅
𨿉
𪀫
𪀩
𨿊

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *zro): phonetic (OC *sʰro) + semantic (bird).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: chhû/sû - vernacular (俗).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (20)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzrju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐio/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐuə̆/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒio/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
co4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1609
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zro/

Definitions[edit]

  1. chick; fledgling
  2. infant; toddler
  3. young; small
  4. Used in 鵷雛鹓雏.

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for namesshinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(hina, hīna): Emperor and Empress hina dolls, in front of gold screens. The optional lampstands are also partially visible.
Kanji in this term
ひな
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

*/pina//fina//hina/

Appears to be from Old Japanese. The derivative form hiwina (later hīna) appears in The Tale of Genji, dated to before 1021.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひな) (hina

  1. a type of small doll, typically standing upright in the Heian period, changing style to a seated posture in the Muromachi period
  2. short for 雛祭り (Hina matsuri)
  3. a chick, a young bird: see the reading hiyoko below

Prefix[edit]

(ひな) (hina-

  1. diminutive prefix, carrying favorable connotations such as a sense of cuteness
Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひいな
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

*/pipina/ → */fifina//fiwina//hiːna/

Possibly an alteration of a reduplicated form hinahina.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひいな) (hīnaひひな (fifina)?

  1. (archaic) doll
Usage notes[edit]

This reading with the long ī is archaic. In modern Japanese, the shorter reading hina is more common for this sense.

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

(hiyoko): A baby chicken (chick), Gallus gallus domesticus
Kanji in this term
ひよこ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

*/pijoko//fijoko//hijoko/

Compound of ひよ (hiyo, onomatopoeia for the sound a chick makes) +‎ (ko, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひよこ) (hiyoko

  1. chick, young bird
  2. child; youngling, greenhorn
Compounds[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひよっこ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/hijoko//hijokko/

Alteration of hiyoko above. The geminate kk sound emphasizes the diminutiveness.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひよっこ) (hiyokko

  1. a chick, a young bird
  2. a child; a youngling, a greenhorn

Etymology 5[edit]

Kanji in this term
すう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese. Most reconstructions of the original Middle Chinese reading start with an affricate, so this Japanese reading may have come from a dialect; compare Hakka reading ts'u1.

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

(すう) (

  1. young, new, a greenhorn
Usage notes[edit]

Only used in compounds.

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (chu))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: sồ

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