雌

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

1. female
2. feminine
3. gentle, soft

ReferencesEdit

• 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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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		雌

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí, cī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ, ㄘ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/

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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/

DefinitionsEdit

雌

1. (formal) female (describing animals)

Usage notesEdit

• Commonly used for animals 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

AntonymsEdit

• 雄 (xióng, “male”)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

雌

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

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

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

NounEdit

雌 ‎(hiragana めす, romaji mesu)

1. female

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

雌 (thư)

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