雌

雌 U+96CC, 雌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96CC ← 雋 [U+96CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 雍 → [U+96CD]

Translingual

Han character

雌 (radical 172, 隹+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心人土 (YMPOG), four-corner 2011₄, composition ⿰此隹)

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		雌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雌
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
些	*saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐	*ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴	*zreː
祡	*zreː
茈	*zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦	*zreːs
砦	*zraːds
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙	*ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚	*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼	*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉	*sʰeːʔ
鮆	*zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥	*zeːs, *zes
貲	*ʔse
髭	*ʔse
頾	*ʔse
訾	*ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜	*ʔse, *ze
鈭	*ʔse, *sʰe
姕	*ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜	*ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫	*ʔseʔ
訿	*ʔseʔ
呰	*ʔseʔ
嘴	*ʔseʔ
雌	*sʰe
此	*sʰeʔ
佌	*sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛	*sʰes
疵	*ze
骴	*ze, *zes
胔	*ze, *zes
飺	*ze
齜	*ʔsre

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cí, cī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ, ㄘ

  (Chengdu, SP): ci²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ci¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂
• Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹
• Min Dong (BUC): chĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhû / chhîr / chhî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): tshr (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): cr¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ci²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ci¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhû
    • Tâi-lô: tshû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîr
    • Tâi-lô: tshîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhî
    • Tâi-lô: tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshr (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cr¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiᴇ/

Rime
Character	雌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰie/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cī

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雌
Reading #	1/1
No.	1721
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	雌
Old Chinese	/*sʰe/

Definitions

雌

1. (formal) female (describing animals and plants)

Usage notes

• Commonly used for animals and plants to mean "female" in academic contexts, less commonly used in non-academic contexts (use "母" instead), and not used for humans (use "女" instead). For example:

  母雞 / 母鸡  ―  mǔjī  ―  hen

  母牛  ―  mǔniú  ―  cow

Antonyms

• 雄 (xióng, “male”)

Compounds

Derived terms from 雌

• 一決雌雄／一决雌雄
• 不甘雌伏
• 不雌不雄
• 伏雌
• 信口雌黃／信口雌黄 (xìnkǒucíhuáng)
• 口中雌黃／口中雌黄
• 執雌／执雌
• 妄下雌黃／妄下雌黄
• 妄下雌黄
• 孀雌
• 孤雌
• 孤雌寡鶴／孤雌寡鹤
• 孤雌生殖 (gūcí shēngzhí)
• 守雌
• 屁雌寡淡
• 山雌
• 思歸其雌／思归其雌
• 慈雌
• 月雌
• 柔雌
• 決一雌雄／决一雌雄
• 決雌雄／决雌雄 (juécíxióng)
• 烏之雌雄／乌之雌雄
• 知雄守雌
• 羈雌／羁雌
• 群雌粥粥
• 雄唱雌和
• 雄雌
• 雌一頭灰／雌一头灰

• 雌伏
• 雌兒／雌儿
• 雌劍／雌剑
• 雌劣
• 雌呿雄吟
• 雌啞／雌哑
• 雌嘴
• 雌堂
• 雌威
• 雌字
• 雌守
• 雌弱
• 雌心
• 雌性 (cíxìng)
• 雌懦
• 雌搭
• 雌沒答樣／雌没答样
• 雌漢／雌汉
• 雌牙扭嘴
• 雌牙扮齒／雌牙扮齿
• 雌牙裂嘴
• 雌牙露嘴
• 雌牙鬼
• 雌獅／雌狮
• 雌甲
• 雌竹
• 雌答
• 雌節／雌节
• 雌絃

• 雌老虎
• 雌聲／雌声
• 雌花 (cíhuā)
• 雌蕊 (círuǐ)
• 雌虹
• 雌蜂
• 雌蜺
• 雌視／雌视
• 雌貨／雌货
• 雌遜／雌逊
• 雌雄 (cíxióng)
• 雌雄劍／雌雄剑
• 雌雄同株
• 雌雄同體／雌雄同体 (cíxióng tóng tǐ)
• 雌雄未決／雌雄未决
• 雌雄樹／雌雄树
• 雌雄異株／雌雄异株
• 雌雄異體／雌雄异体
• 雌雄莫辨
• 雌雉啼
• 雌雌
• 雌雞報曉／雌鸡报晓
• 雌雷
• 雌霓
• 雌霓之誦／雌霓之诵
• 雌風／雌风
• 雌黃／雌黄 (cíhuáng)
• 鬼雌
• 鳴雌／鸣雌

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Japanese

Kanji

雌

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: め (me, 雌, Jōyō); めす (mesu, 雌, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 雌 (し)花 (か) (shika)
• 雌 (し)蕊 (ずい) (shizui)
• 雌 (し)性 (せい) (shisei)
• 雌 (し)伏 (ふく) (shifuku)
• 雌雄 (しゆう) (shiyū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
雌
めす Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• (female animal): 牝

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) めす​ [mèsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [me̞sɨᵝ]

Noun

雌 (めす) or 雌 (メス) • (mesu)

1. a female (plant or animal)
2. an internal socket

Antonyms

• 雄 (おす) (osu, “male”)

Derived terms

• 雌 (メス)黒 (グロ)豹紋蝶 (ヒョウモン) (mesugurohyōmon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
雌
め Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Extension of 女 (me, “woman”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• (female animal): 牝

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) め​ [méꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [me̞]

Noun

雌 (め) • (me)

1. a female (plant or animal)

   Antonym: 雄 (o)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 雌 (め)牛 (うし) (meushi)
• 雌 (メ)刈萱 (ガルカヤ) (megarukaya)
• 雌 (メ)羊 (シ)歯 (ダ) (meshida)
• 雌 (め)蕊 (しべ) (meshibe)
• 雌 (め)滝 (だき) (medaki)
• 雌 (め)鳥 (とり) (metori), 雌 (め)鳥 (どり) (medori)
• 雌 (め)螺 (ね)子 (じ) (meneji)
• 雌 (め)花 (ばな) (mebana)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
雌
めん Grade: S
Irregular

From 雌 (me, “female plant or animal”, see above) +‎ ん (-n, abbreviation of case particle の (no)).

Alternative forms

• (female animal): 牝

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) めん [mèń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) め​ん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

雌 (めん) • (men)

1. a female (plant or animal)

   Antonym: 雄 (on)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
雌
し Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 雌 (MC t͡sʰiᴇ).

Affix

雌 (し) • (shi)

1. female (plant or animal)

   Antonym: 雄 (yū)

2. effeminate

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Old Japanese

Alternative forms

• (female animal): 牝

Etymology

Extension of 女 (me₁, “woman”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

雌 (me₁) (kana め)

1. female (plant or animal)

Derived terms

• 雌鳥 (me₁do₂ri)

Descendants

• Japanese: 雌 (め, me)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雌 (thư)

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