膣

See also: 腟

膣	U+81A3, 膣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A3

← 膢
[U+81A2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

膤 →
[U+81A4]

Translingual

Han character

膣 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月十金土 (BJCG), four-corner 7321₄, composition ⿰月窒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 993, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29849
Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2109, character 3
Unihan data for U+81A3

Chinese

trad.		膣
simp. ^#		膣
alternative forms		腟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	tʰiɡs, tʰiɡ
荎	di, diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	hriɡs, tiːɡ, diːɡ, tʰiɡ
窒	tiːɡ, tiɡ
蛭	tiːɡ, tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	diːɡ, diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	tiɡ, tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	diɡ, tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 窒 (OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to ST *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s (WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT) or *s/m-ti (CLITORIS / VAGINA)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂

(Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chi / tit

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi¹ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zat⁶
  - Yale: jaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi / tit
  - Tâi-lô: tsi / tit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy, did
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/, /tit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/

Note:

chi - vernacular;
tit - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zi¹ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsi / tiak / tiek
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/, /tiak̚²/, /tiek̚²/

Note:

zi1 - vernacular;
diag4/diêg4 - literary (diêg4 - Chaozhou).

Middle Chinese: trit, tet

Rime
Character	膣	膣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	質 (49)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	陟栗切	丁結切
Baxter	trit	tet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪt̚/	/tet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚit̚/	/tet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiet̚/	/tɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjit̚/	/tɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕt̚/	/tet̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭĕt̚/	/tiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕt̚/	/tiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi	die
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat¹	dit³

Definitions

膣

(literary) vagina
(Hakka, Southern Min, vulgar) vulva; female genitalia; cunt (Classifier: 塊／块 mn-t)

Synonyms

(vagina): 陰道／阴道 (yīndào)

Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屄
	Taiwan	妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑
	Harbin	屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒
	Malaysia	屄
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屄, 水門
	Wanrong	屄
	Xi'an	屄
	Xining	屄
	Xuzhou	屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屄
	Lanzhou	屄
	Ürümqi	屄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屄, 胯胯 †
	Wuhan	屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 †
	Guiyang	屄
	Guilin	𫱋
	Liuzhou	屄, 閪, 𫱋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屄, 尿門
	Yangzhou	屄
	Nantong	屄
	Hefei	屄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閪, 西 euphemistic
	Hong Kong	閪, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	屄, 閪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	閪
	Macau	閪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	閪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	閪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	閪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	閪
	Foshan	閪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	閪
	Foshan (Shunde)	閪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	閪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	閪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	閪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	閪
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	閪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	閪, 屄
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	閪
	Taishan	閪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閪
	Enping (Niujiang)	閪
	Heshan (Yayao)	閪
	Dongguan	閪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	閪
	Qingyuan	閪
	Fogang	閪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	閪
	Yangshan	閪
	Lianshan (Butian)	閪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	閪
	Shaoguan	閪, 膣屄
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	閪
	Renhua	膣屄
	Lechang	閪
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	閪
	Sihui	屄
	Guangning	閪
	Huaiji	閪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	閪
	Yunfu	閪
	Xinxing	閪
	Luoding	閪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	閪兒
	Yangjiang	閪
	Xinyi	閪
	Nanning	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	閪
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	閪
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	閪
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	閪
	Móng Cái	閪
Gan	Nanchang	屄
	Lichuan	屄
	Pingxiang	屄
Hakka	Meixian	膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔
	Xingning	膣屄
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	屄, 閪
	Huiyang	膣屄, 膣
	Huidong (Daling)	膣屄
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	膣屄
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	膣屄
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	閪屄
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	膣, 膣屄
	Wuhua (Changbu)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	膣屄
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	屄
	Wengyuan	膣屄
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	膣
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	膣屄
	Liannan	膣屄
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	膣屄
	Jiexi	膣
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	膣
	Changting	膣
	Wuping	膣嫲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	膣屄
	Wuping (Pingyu)	膣屄
	Liancheng	膣
	Ninghua	膣
	Yudu	屄, 屄坨, 膣
	Ningdu	屄, 膣屄
	Ruijin	屄
	Shicheng	膣, 屄
	Shangyou (Shexi)	膣屄
	Tonggu (Sandu)	屄子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	屄
	Dayu	屄
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	膣屄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膣屄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膣屄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膣屄
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	膣屄, 蚶杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膣屄
	Hong Kong	膣屄
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	閪
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	閪
	Xinyi (Sihe)	閪
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	閪
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	閪
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	閪
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	閪
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	膣屄, 閪
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	膣屄
	Mengshan (Xihe)	閪
	Luchuan	閪
	Sabah (Longchuan)	膣屄
	Senai (Huiyang)	膣屄
	Kuching (Hepo)	膣屄
	Singkawang	膣屄
Huizhou	Jixi	屄
	Shexian	屄
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	屄
Jin	Taiyuan	屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 †
Jin	Xinzhou	屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	屄
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	屄界
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	㞠屄
	Jianyang	屄
	Wuyishan	屄
	Pucheng (Shibei)	屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 †
	Fuzhou (Changle)	姕髀
	Fuqing	姕髀, 姕
	Yongtai	屄屄囝
	Gutian	姕髀
	Fu'an	屄
	Ningde	老姕
	Shouning	屄
	Zhouning	屄
	Fuding	屌
Southern Min	Xiamen	膣屄, 膣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	膣屄
	Quanzhou	膣屄
	Jinjiang	膣屄, 屄
	Zhangzhou	膣屄, 參屄, 蟯
	Zhangpu	膣
	Zhao'an	膣屄, 蛤婆
	Taipei	膣屄, 蟯
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膣屄, 蟯
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	膣屄
	Kaohsiung	膣屄, 蟯杯
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	膣屄
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	膣屄
	Yilan	膣屄
	Yilan (Luodong)	膣屄, 田杯
	Yilan (Toucheng)	膣屄, 蟯仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	膣屄
	Taichung	膣屄
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膣屄
	Tainan	膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔
	Tainan (Anping)	膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔
	Taitung	膣屄
	Hsinchu	膣屄
	Kinmen	膣屄, 蚶
	Penghu (Magong)	膣屄, 蚶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	膣屄, 蚶
	Penang (Hokkien)	膣屄, puki
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Manila (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Medan (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Longyan	膣屄
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	膣屄
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	閪
	Chaozhou	膣
	Shantou	膣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	膣
	Jieyang	膣, 蠔
	Haifeng	膣, 膣屄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	膣
	Singapore (Teochew)	膣
	Leizhou	膣
	Haikou	膣
Puxian Min	Putian	膣
Puxian Min	Xianyou	膣屄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	閪
Wu	Shanghai	屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	屄
	Suzhou	屄
	Danyang	屄, 屄屄 †
	Hangzhou	屄, 凹屄
	Ningbo	屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮
	Wenzhou	屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 †
	Jinhua	屄, 老屄
Xiang	Changsha	屄, 麻屄, 屄屄
	Loudi	屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous
	Shuangfeng	麻屄
	Quanzhou	屄
Note	† - of a girl

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (膣):

→ Japanese: 膣(ちつ) (chitsu)
→ Korean: 질(膣) (jil)

Compounds

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03698

Japanese

Kanji

膣

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ちち (chichi)
Kan-on: ちつ (chitsu)

Etymology

膣 on Japanese Wikipedia

Vagina on Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
膣
ちつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
腟

From Middle Chinese 膣 (MC trit|tet). Compare modern Cantonese 膣 (zat⁶).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちつ [chìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ちつ [chíꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

膣(ちつ) • (chitsu)

(anatomy) vagina

Synonyms

ワギナ (wagina), バギナ (bagina)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

膣 (eumhun 보지 질 (boji jil))

hanja form^? of 질 (“vagina”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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