Hanja Analyzer
雌

雌 — ja

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
암컷 자
Romanization
ja
English
female; feminine; gentle, soft
Mandarin
cí
Japanese on'yomi
シ, セイ, サイ
Japanese kun'yomi
め- めす めん
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,951 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
隹 (172, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+96CC

Parts that make up 雌

  • 此 이 차 멈춰 선 발과 사람이것. ‘차’ 계열의 소리
  • 隹 새 추 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다

How 雌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 雌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 此, 隹.

Korean example words with 雌

  • 자웅雌雄 Korean gloss: 승부, 우열, 강약 따위를 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 자웅석雌雄石 Korean gloss: 남자와 여자의 생식기 모양을 닮은 돌
  • 자견雌犬 Korean gloss: 개의 암컷.
  • 자마雌馬 Korean gloss: 말의 암컷.
  • 자봉雌蜂 Korean gloss: 벌의 암컷.
  • 자성雌性 Korean gloss: 암컷의 성질.
  • 자접雌蝶 Korean gloss: 나비의 암컷.
  • 자추雌雛 Korean gloss: 병아리의 암컷.
  • 자복雌伏 Korean gloss: 가만히 숨어 지냄.
  • 자주雌株 Korean gloss: 암꽃이 피는 포기.
  • 웅자雄雌 Korean gloss: 수컷과 암컷을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 자핵雌核 Korean gloss: 자성 배우자가 갖고 있는 세포핵.

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

Japanese words with 雌

  • 雌めす female (animal, plant)
  • 雌雄しゆう male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat
  • 雌花めばな female flower; pistillate flower
  • 雌牛めうし cow; heifer
  • 雌性しせい female
  • 雌伏しふく lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
  • 雌鳥めんどり female bird; hen (female chicken)
  • 雌豚めぶた female pig; sow
  • 雌黄しおう orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification
  • 雌松めまつ Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
  • 雌株めかぶ female plant
  • 雌蜂めばち queen (bee)

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 隹

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