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U+96CC, 雌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96CC

[U+96CB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96CD]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 172, +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心人土 (YMPOG), four-corner 20114, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1366, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41998
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1871, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4098, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+96CC

Chinese

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 雌, Warring States ...

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation



More information Rime, Character ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. (formal) female (describing animals and plants)
  2. (literary) weak; delicate

Usage notes

  • Commonly used for animals and plants to mean "female" in academic contexts, less commonly used in non-academic contexts (use "" instead), and not used for humans (use "" instead). For example:
    母雞母鸡   mǔjī   hen
    母牛   mǔniú   cow

Synonyms

  • (weak):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of female): (xióng, “male”)

Compounds

  • 一決雌雄 / 一决雌雄 (yījuécíxióng)
  • 不甘雌伏
  • 不雌不雄
  • 伏雌
  • 信口雌黃 / 信口雌黄 (xìnkǒucíhuáng)
  • 口中雌黃 / 口中雌黄
  • 執雌 / 执雌
  • 妄下雌黃 / 妄下雌黄
  • 妄下雌黄
  • 孀雌
  • 孤雌
  • 孤雌寡鶴 / 孤雌寡鹤
  • 孤雌生殖 (gūcí shēngzhí)
  • 守雌
  • 屁雌寡淡
  • 山雌
  • 思歸其雌 / 思归其雌
  • 慈雌
  • 月雌
  • 柔雌
  • 決一雌雄 / 决一雌雄
  • 決雌雄 / 决雌雄 (jué cíxióng)
  • 烏之雌雄 / 乌之雌雄
  • 知雄守雌
  • 羈雌 / 羁雌
  • 群雌粥粥
  • 英雌 (yīngcí)
  • 雄唱雌和
  • 雄雌
  • 雌一頭灰 / 雌一头灰
  • 雌三醇 (císānchún)
  • 雌二醇 (cí'èrchún)
  • 雌伏
  • 雌兒 / 雌儿
  • 雌劍 / 雌剑
  • 雌劣
  • 雌呿雄吟
  • 雌啞 / 雌哑
  • 雌嘴
  • 雌堂
  • 雌威
  • 雌字
  • 雌守
  • 雌弱
  • 雌心
  • 雌性 (cíxìng)
  • 雌懦
  • 雌搭
  • 雌沒答樣 / 雌没答样
  • 雌漢 / 雌汉
  • 雌牙扭嘴
  • 雌牙扮齒 / 雌牙扮齿
  • 雌牙裂嘴
  • 雌牙露嘴
  • 雌牙鬼
  • 雌獅 / 雌狮
  • 雌甲
  • 雌視 / 雌视
  • 雌竹
  • 雌答
  • 雌節 / 雌节
  • 雌絃 / 雌弦
  • 雌老虎
  • 雌聲 / 雌声
  • 雌花 (cíhuā)
  • 雌蕊 (círuǐ)
  • 雌虹
  • 雌蜂
  • 雌蜺
  • 雌貨 / 雌货
  • 雌遜 / 雌逊
  • 雌雄 (cíxióng)
  • 雌雄劍 / 雌雄剑
  • 雌雄同株
  • 雌雄同體 / 雌雄同体 (cíxióng tóng tǐ)
  • 雌雄未決 / 雌雄未决
  • 雌雄樹 / 雌雄树
  • 雌雄異株 / 雌雄异株
  • 雌雄異體 / 雌雄异体
  • 雌雄莫辨 (cíxióngmòbiàn)
  • 雌雌
  • 雌雉啼
  • 雌雞報曉 / 雌鸡报晓
  • 雌雷
  • 雌霓
  • 雌霓之誦 / 雌霓之诵
  • 雌風 / 雌风
  • 雌黃 / 雌黄 (cíhuáng)
  • 鬼雌
  • 鳴雌 / 鸣雌

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