雌

Translingual

Han character

雌 (radical 172 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心人土 (YMPOG), four-corner 2011₄)

1. female
2. feminine
3. gentle, soft

References

• KangXi: page 1366, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41998
• Dae Jaweon: page 1871, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4098, character 18
• Unihan data for U+96CC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

雌 (Yale chi1)

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Japanese

Kanji

雌 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: めす (mesu), め (me)

Noun

雌 (hiragana めす, romaji mesu)

1. female

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Korean

Hanja

雌 (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Mandarin

Adjective

雌 (pinyin cī (ci1), cí (ci2), Wade-Giles tz'u¹, tz'u²)

1. Female (describing an Animal)

Usage notes

Commonly used for animals for the meaning of female in academic context, less commonly used for non-academic context (use "母" instead, for non-academic context), and not used for human (use "女" instead, for human). For example, 母雞/母鸡:hen, 母牛:cow

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Vietnamese

Han character

雌 (thư)