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雌
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

feminine

HSK 10 N1
Human →Relations
cí
シ
め-、めす、めん
자
Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.
Components
隹 Short-Tailed Bird+ 此 this (literary) =
雌 feminine
隹 Meaning component
zhuī Short-Tailed Bird
bird
此 Phonetic component
cǐ this (literary)
this, these
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Notes
Similar Characters
奪 take by force (trad/jp)奮 exert oneself (trad/jp)寉 crane羅 silk gauze (trad/jp)進 advance (trad/jp)隺 crane隼 falcon隽 outstanding (simp)集 gather雈 owl雋 talented (trad)雔 match雙 pair (trad)離 leave (trad/jp)准 allow (simp)倠 唯 solely堆 pile帷 curtain推 push
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
雌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
雌 [cí]
female; Taiwan pr. [cī]
Japanese
雌 、 女 、 妻 、 牝 め 同音

n-pref

  1. female
  2. smaller (of the two); weaker

noun

  1. archaic woman
  2. archaic wife
雌 、 牝 (rare) めす 、 メス 、 めん 同音
nounadj-no usually kana female (animal, plant)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
カンガルーの雌は子供を腹の袋に入れて動く。
A female kangaroo carries its young in the pouch.
Japanese Names
雌 めとり
Metori surname
CHINESE WORDS (31)
雌激素 [cí​jī​sù] #21,071
estrogen
雌性 [cí​xìng] #16,369
female
雌雄 [cí​xióng] #16,893
male and female
雌黄 [cí​huáng] #31,676
orpiment
雌黄 [cí​huáng] #31,676
orpiment
信口雌黄 [xìn​kǒu​cí​huáng] #47,793
to speak off the cuff
信口雌黄 [xìn​kǒu​cí​huáng] #47,793
to speak off the cuff
一决雌雄 [yī​jué​cí​xióng] #50,848
to have a show-down
一决雌雄 [yī​jué​cí​xióng] #50,848
to have a show-down
雌蕊 [cí​ruǐ] #56,959
pistil
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JAPANESE WORDS (45)
雌 [め] #23,501
female
牝狐 [めぎつね] #35,128
female fox
⭐ 雌雄 [しゆう] #41,256
male and female (animals)
雌雄を決する [しゆうをけっする] #41,720
to have a showdown
メス豚 [めすぶた] #51,849
female pig
メス犬 [メスいぬ] #52,078
bitch
雌伏 [しふく] #54,530
lying low (and awaiting one's chance)
牝馬 [ひんば] #65,271
mare
メス猫 [メスねこ] #66,866
female cat
雌牛 [めうし] #68,167
cow
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