Hanja Analyzer
牝

牝 — bin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
암컷 빈
Romanization
bin
English
female of species; deep gorge
Mandarin
pìn
Japanese on'yomi
ヒン, ビン, ヒ, ビ, ヘン, ベン
Japanese kun'yomi
めす め- めん
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,300 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
牛 (93, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
匕
Unicode
U+725D

Parts that make up 牝

  • 牛 소 우 뿔 달린 소머리소와 소를 부리는 일
  • 匕 비수 비sound 자루 굽은 숟가락뜨고 찌르는 연장. 소리로도 쓴다

How 牝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 牝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 牛, 匕.

Korean example words with 牝

  • 종빈種牝 Korean gloss: 씨를 받기 위하여 기르는 암컷
  • 빈계牝鷄 Korean gloss: 닭의 암컷.
  • 빈양牝羊 Korean gloss: 양의 암컷.
  • 빈우牝牛 Korean gloss: 소의 암컷.
  • 빈조牝鳥 Korean gloss: 새의 암컷.
  • 빈록牝鹿 Korean gloss: 사슴의 암컷.
  • 빈축牝畜 Korean gloss: 가축의 암컷.
  • 빈랑牝狼 Korean gloss: 승냥이의 암컷.
  • 빈마牝馬 Korean gloss: 다 자란 암말.
  • 빈모牝牡 Korean gloss: 짐승의 암컷과 수컷을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 빈와牝瓦 Korean gloss: 지붕의 고랑이 되도록 젖혀 놓는 기와. 바닥에 깔 수 있게 크고 넓게 만든다.
  • 빈사자牝獅子 Korean gloss: 사자의 암컷.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 牝

  • 牝馬ひんば mare; filly
  • 牝鹿めじか doe (female deer)
  • 牝瓦めがわら concave tile
  • 牝牡ひんぼ male and female (animals)
  • 牝鶏ひんけい hen
  • 種牝馬しゅひんば mare used for breeding; brood mare
  • 繁殖牝馬はんしょくひんば broodmare (horse breeding)

Characters sharing the phonetic 匕

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

麀 齔

Other hanja read “빈”

份 儐 嚬 嬪 彬 擯 斌 朩 檳 殯 浜 濱 瀕 玭 璸 矉 繽 臏 蘋 蠙 豳 貧 賓 賔 邠 鑌 霦 頻 顰 髕 鬂 鬢

Other hanja with radical 牛

牛 牟 牡 牢 牣 牧 物 牯 牲 牴 牷 牸 特 牼 牽 牿 犀 犁 犇 犉 犍 犒 犖 犜 犢 犧

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences