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乳 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木山 (BDU), four-corner 22410, composition ⿰孚乚)
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乳 | |
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alternative forms | 奶 Eastern Min 𬂌 Eastern Min |
Historical forms of the character 乳 | ||
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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),
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Pictogram (象形) : A kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child. The woman resembles the character 母.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw.
乳
Shinjitai | 乳 | |
Kyūjitai [1] |
乳󠄁 乳+ 󠄁 ?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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乳󠄃 乳+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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乳 |
ちち Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Kanji in this term |
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乳 |
ち Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 乳 (MC nyuX).
Historical Readings | ||
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅀᅲᆼ〯 (Yale: zyǔ) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 졋〮 (Yale: cyés) | ᅀᅲ〯 (Yale: zyǔ) |
乳: Hán Việt readings: nhũ[1][2][3]
乳: Nôm readings: vú[1][3][4], nhỏ[1][2], nhủ[1][2], nhũ[2][4], nhả[2], nhỗ[3], nhú[5]