See also: 子宫

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)
simp. (子宫)
Literally: “palace for the child”.

Attested in 千金翼方 [c. 682] by Tang dynasty physician Sun Simiao.

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Noun

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子宮

  1. womb; uterus
    子宮穿孔子宫穿孔  ―  zǐgōng chuānkǒng  ―  uterine perforation
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Sino-Xenic (子宮):

Etymology 2

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child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)
simp. (子宫)
Literally: “the first astrological sign”.

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Noun

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子宮

  1. (obsolete) Aquarius

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
 子宮 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Chinese 子宮子宫 (zǐgōng).

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Noun

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()(きゅう) (shikyū

  1. womb; uterus

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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子宮 (jagung or McCune-Reischauer: chagung or Yale: cakwung) (hangeul 자궁)

  1. hanja form? of 자궁 (womb)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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子宮

  1. chữ Hán form of tử cung (womb; uterus).