U+4E73, 乳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E73

[U+4E72]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E74]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 5, +7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木山 (BDU), four-corner 22410, composition)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 84, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 190
  • Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 55, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E73

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms Min Dong
𬂌 Min Dong

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) : A woman breastfeeding a child.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • nĕng/nèng - colloquial;
  • ṳ̄ - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ȵioX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*noʔ/
English milk; nipple

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10868
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njoʔ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) to breastfeed; to suckle
  2. breast; nipples
  3. milk; breast milk
          breast milk; mother's milk
    交融   shuǐjiāoróng   to get along well
  4. milk- or cheese-like substance
  5. newborn; young and small
       zhū   suckling pig
  6. to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed

Synonyms

  • (to breastfeed):
  • (breast):
  • (milk):
  • 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
  • 唧唧 (Xiang, childish)
  • (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 奶唧唧 (Xiang, childish)
  • 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu)
  • 奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
  • (young and small): 幼小 (yòuxiǎo)
  • (to multiply):

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ちち
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちち) (chichi) 

  1. (dated) milk
  2. breast (of a woman, of a female mammal)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Korean: 찌찌 (jjijji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

() (chi) 

  1. (archaic) milk
  2. (archaic) breast
Derived terms

References

  1. ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC ȵɨoX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448ᅀᅲᆼ〯 (Yale: zyǔ)
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527졋〮 (Yale: cyés)ᅀᅲ〯 (Yale: zyǔ)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource , eumhun (jeot yu)

  1. Hanja form? of (breast).
  2. Hanja form? of (milk).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: nhũ[1][2][3]
: Nôm readings: [1][3][4], nhỏ[1][2], nhủ[1][2], nhũ[2][4], nhả[2], nhỗ[3], nhú[5]

  1. chữ Hán form of nhũ (breast).
  2. Nôm form of (breast).

Compounds

References

  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  5. Hồ (1976).
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