牝
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19925
- Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1800, character 4
- Unihan data for U+725D
Chinese
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| alternative forms | 匕 𪊯 𤘥 | |
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi(y)-n (“female, mother, big, molar”) (STEDT, Schuessler (2007)). Cognate with Mizo pui (“(suffix or particle) full-grown female, mother (generally used of animals)”), ha-pui (“molar”); Jingpho wi ~ yi (“female”); etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pìn
- Wade–Giles: pʻin4
- Yale: pìn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinn
- Palladius: пинь (pinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pan5 / fan5
- Yale: páhn / fáhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: pan5 / fan5
- Guangdong Romanization: pen5 / fen5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɐn¹³/, /fɐn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: bjijX, bjinX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]irʔ/, /*[b]irʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*bilʔ/, /*binʔ/
Definitions
[edit]- (of an animal) female
- 秉
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bǐng xīn sèyuān, láipìn sānqiān. [Pinyin]
- 'Maintaining in his heart a profound devotion to his duties; his tall mares [/ female horses] amounted to three thousand.'.
心 塞 淵 、騋牝 三 千 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
秉心 塞 渊、𱅕牝 三 千 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) female genitalia
- gorge; valley
- type of keyhole in ancient times
Synonyms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]References
[edit]- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (
教育 部 異體 字 字典 ), A02488 - “
牝 ”, in漢語 多功 能 字 庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1],香港 中 文 大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
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