男
Translingual
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 田 (“field”) + 力 (“strength”) – man providing the strength for agricultural labour.
Han character
男 (radical 102 田+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 60427, composition ⿱田力)
Antonyms
Derived characters
See also
References
- KangXi: page 759, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21730
- Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2529, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7537
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Compounds
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Etymology 1
/woto2ko1/: [wotwoko] > [wotoko] > [otoko]. Cognate with the verb wot- "to become young" with ko as a male suffix. Contrasts with otome, the female version.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /o.to.koꜜ/, [o̞˨.to̞˦.ko̞˦]
Noun
男 (hiragana おとこ, romaji otoko, historical hiragana をとこ)
Etymology 2
/wo/: [wo] > [o]. The male equivalent to me "female, woman".
Noun
男 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)
- male
- a man
- a husband
Derived terms
- 雄花 (おばな, obana)
- 雄鹿 (おじか, ojika)
- 雄牛 (おうし, oushi)
- 雄羊 (おひつじ, ohitsuji)
- 雄叫び (おたけべ, otakebe)
- 雄叫び (おさけべ, osakebe)
- 雄鳥 (おんどり, ondori)
- 雄蕊 (おしべ, oshibe)
- 男滝 (おだき, odaki)
- 男々しい (おおしい, ooshii)
- 雄犬 (おすいぬ, osuinu)
- 男猫 (おねこ, oneko)
- 雄松 (おまつ, omatsu)
- 雄蜂 (おばち, obachi)
- 牡馬 (おすうま, osuuma)
- 雄螺旋 (おねじ, oneji)
- 男雛 (おびな, obina)
- 雄猿 (おすざれ, osuzare)
- 雄蛭木 (おひるぎ, ohirugi)
- 寡男 (やもお, yamoo)
- 桂男 (かつらお, katsurao)
Etymology 3
/wo2ko1/: [wonwoko] > [wonoko] > onoko. From wo "male" + no2 (genitive) + ko1 "man, child".
Noun
男 (hiragana おのこ, romaji onoko, historical hiragana をのこ)
- a boy
Names
- suffix used by male given names, such as 範男(のりお, Norio), 正男(まさお, Masao; ただお, Tadao), 九州男(くすお, Kusuo).
Korean
Hanja
男
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 남 (revised: nam, McCune-Reischauer: nam, Yale: nam)
- Name (hangeul): 사내()