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U+96C4, 雄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C4

[U+96C3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96C5]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 172, +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大戈人土 (KIOG), four-corner 40014, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41972
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4093, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+96C4

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷɯŋ): phonetic (OC *kʷɯːŋ) + semantic .

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gaŋ (penis, male) (STEDT), cognate with Karbi chò-kàng (penis), Garo ri-gong (penis), Lepcha ᰠᰫᰵᰃᰦᰵ (sun̊-gan̊, penis), Pattani gàŋ (male).

However, Zev Handel doubts the Old Chinese word's cognate status, as "OC labialized initial plus schwa vocalism would normally correspond to a rounded vowel in PTB".

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hoeng2/hyoeng2 - literary;
  • horng2 - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. (usually of animals) male
       xióng   male tiger
       xióngruǐ   stamen
  2. masculine; powerful; grand
       xióngbīng   powerful army
       xióngzhuàng   majestic; magnificent
  3. powerful or influential person or state
       yīngxióng   hero
    戰國战国   Zhànguó qī xióng   Seven Warring States
  4. (Hokkien) ruthless; cruel; mean
  5. (Hokkien) intense; rapid
    alt. forms:  / (xiōng)

Usage notes

  • Commonly used for animals to mean “male” in academic contexts, less commonly used in non-academic contexts (use instead), and not used for humans (use instead). For example:
       xióng   cock
       xióngniú   bull

Antonyms

  • (, “female”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ゆう) ()

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 266.
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