卵
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Han character
卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠂑卪)
References
- KangXi: page 159, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
- Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5375
- Unihan data for U+F91C
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
卵 | |
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| alternative forms | 卝 𡖉 𤓲 𠨫 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 卵 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (卵) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Etymology 1
Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row (“egg, nit”) with nominalizing suffix *‑n; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ (sro ma, “egg of a louse, nit, small bubble”) (Benedict, 1976; Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um (“egg”), while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.
Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
卵
- egg; ovum; roe; spawn
- (entomology) fertilised egg
- (regional) testicles
- (regional) penis; male genitals; scrotum
- 貪此生涯，卵為蚯蚓所哈（吳俗稱陽曰卵），腫不能便。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1808, 沈復 (Shen Fu), 《浮生六記》 (Six Records of a Floating Life), 卷二 閒情記趣 (Chapter 2: The Little Pleasures of Life)
- Tān cǐ shēngyá, luǎn wéi qiūyǐn suǒ hā (Wú súchēng yáng yuē luǎn) , zhǒng bùnéng biàn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
贪此生涯，卵为蚯蚓所哈（吴俗称阳曰卵），肿不能便。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (egg):
Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 卵 (“egg (of a fish)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 卵 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 子兒, 子 |
| Jinan | 子兒 | |
| Xi'an | 子兒 | |
| Wuhan | 子 | |
| Chengdu | 蛋, 蛋兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 子 | |
| Hefei | 子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 卵 |
| Hong Kong | 卵 | |
| Yangjiang | 膥 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛋, 子兒 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 卵 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 卵, 子 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 卵 |
| Chaozhou | 卵 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 子 |
| Suzhou | 子 | |
| Wenzhou | 子, 卵 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 子 |
| Shuangfeng | 蛋, 子 | |
- (testicle):
Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]
- (penis):
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Compounds
Derived terms from 卵
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 𡳞 (“male genitalia; penis; dick; etc.”). (This character, 卵, is a variant form of 𡳞.) |
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 鯤 (“fish roe”). (This character, 卵, is an obsolete form of 鯤.) |
References
- “卵”, 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–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00453
- “Entry #2967”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
FWOTD – 16 February 2021
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 卵 |
| たまご Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
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| 玉子 |
From 玉 (tama, “ball”) + 子 (ko, “child, small thing”). The ko reading for 子 changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
卵 • (tamago)
- an egg, including fish roe
- 1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ [Wing Egg Elf]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
- たまごのカラに身を包む天使。大きな羽で攻撃を防ぐ。
- Tamago no kara ni mi o tsutsumu tenshi. Ōki na hane de kōgeki o fusegu.
- An angel sheltered inside an eggshell. It fends off attacks with its massive wings.
- たまごのカラに身を包む天使。大きな羽で攻撃を防ぐ。
- 2000 July 13, “ドラゴン・エッガー [Dragon Egger]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
- 卵のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子供と間違えると痛い目にあうぞ！
- Tamago no kara o kabutte iru doragon. Kodomo to machigaeru to itaime ni au zo!
- A dragon who shelters in an eggshell. Never mistake him for a literal baby!
- 卵のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子供と間違えると痛い目にあうぞ！
- 2003 July 17, “ジェノサイドキングサーモン [Genocide King Salmon]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:
- 暗黒海の主として恐れられている巨大なシャケ。その卵は暗黒界一の美味として知られている。
- Ankokukai no nushi to shite osorerarete iru kyodai na shake. Sono tamago wa Ankokukaiichi no bimi to shiteshirarete iru.
- A giant salmon worst feared in the Dark Sea. Its roe is best known as the ultimate delicacy of the Dark World.
- 暗黒海の主として恐れられている巨大なシャケ。その卵は暗黒界一の美味として知られている。
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- the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
- a beginner or rookie at something
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], Fujiko F. Fujio, “山寺グラフィティ [Mountain Temple Graffiti]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), volume 3 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 106:
- ぼく、加藤広康。イラストレーターの卵。
- Boku, Katō Hiroyasu. Irasutorētā no tamago.
- My name’s Katō Hiroyasu. I’m a rookie illustrator.
- ぼく、加藤広康。イラストレーターの卵。
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Yonaguni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaiŋu/
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