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U+7537, 男
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7537

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+329A, ㊚
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH MALE

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
7 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 102, +2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 60427, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21730
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2529, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7537

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (field) + (strength) – man providing the strength for agricultural and/or other kinds of (physical) labour on a field.

Etymology

Probably an area word. Compare Proto-Kiranti *nam (man), Proto-Monic *k()ɲoom (young child), Proto-Wa *h/ʔn[o]m (young man), Thai หนุ่ม (nùm, young man; young) (Schuessler, 2007).

Wang (1982) connects it to (OC *nuːŋ, “farmer”). Goldin (2021) suggests a connection to (OC *njɯms, “to bear; to be in charge”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lam5 - Chaozhou;
  • nam5 - Shantou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁm/
English man, male

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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. 9354
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːm/

Definitions

  1. man; (only of human in Standard Chinese) male
      ―  nánrén  ―  man
      ―  nánhái  ―  boy
    Coordinate term:
  2. son
      ―  zhǎngnán  ―  eldest son
  3. baron, lowest of the five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (五等爵位) under the Zhou dynasty
  4. a surname

Synonyms

  • (gōng, “male (of animals)”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (なん) (nan); (だん) (dan)
  • Korean: 남(男) (nam)
  • Vietnamese: nam ()

References

Japanese

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. man
  2. son
  3. baron

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
おとこ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(manga slang)

⟨woto2ko1 → */wotəkʷo//wotoko//otoko/

From Old Japanese.

Derived from おと (oto, young?, cognate with Old Japanese 復つ (wotu → otsu, to become young again)) +‎ (ko, child).

Compare 少女 (otome, young woman).

Pronunciation

Noun

(おとこ) (otokoをとこ (wotoko)?

  1. a male person
    Antonym: (onna)
  2. (specifically) a man, an adult male
    Antonym: (onna)
  3. , : (specifically) a manly man
  4. a male lover
    Synonyms: 愛人 (aijin), 情人 (jōjin, jōnin), 情夫 (jōfu)
  5. a manservant
    Synonym: 下男 (genan)
  6. a husband
    Synonym: (otto)
  7. (obsolete) an unmarried young man
  8. (colloquial) homosexuality
    Synonyms: 男色 (danshoku), 若道 (nyakudō)
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs

Proper noun

(おとこ) (Otokoをとこ (Wotoko)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/wo//o/

From Old Japanese.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

() (o (wo)?

  1. a man
    Antonym: (me)
    • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 5:
      ...那許曾波(なこそは)()迩伊麻世婆(にいませば)... [Man'yōgana]
      ...()こそはにいませば... [Modern spelling]
      na koso wa o ni imaseba
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. a husband
    Synonym: (otto)
    Antonym: (me)
  3. a male
    Antonym: , , (me)
  4. something large, powerful, or otherwise masculine
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
おのこ
Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
男の子

Compound of (o, male, see above) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (ko, child).

Pronunciation

Noun

(おのこ) (onokoをのこ (wonoko)?

  1. a boy
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 1
goon

/nam//namʉ//naɴ/

From Middle Chinese (MC nom).

The 呉音 (goon) reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(なん) (nan

  1. a man
    Synonym: 男性 (dansei)
  2. a son
    Synonyms: (segare), 息子 (musuko)
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 1
kan'on

/dam//damʉ//daɴ/

From Middle Chinese (MC nom).

The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(だん) (dan

  1. a man
  2. a son
  3. a young man, especially one who reached adulthood
    Synonyms: 壮丁 (sōtei), 若者 (wakamono)
  4. (historical) a baron
    Synonym: 男爵 (danshaku)

Proper noun

(だん) (Dan

  1. a male given name

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 おと‐こ[をと‥] 【男】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ お[を] 【雄・男・牡・夫】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  5. 5.0 5.1 お‐の‐こ[を‥] 【男子・男】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  6. 6.0 6.1 だん 【男】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC nom). Recorded as Middle Korean (nam) (Yale: nam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 사내 (sanae nam))

  1. hanja form? of (man)

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.

Kunigami

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *weke + *-ga (diminutive suffix).

Noun

(いけが) (ikhekha

  1. man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wenga.

Noun

(うんが) (unkha

  1. man

Okinawan

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ゐきが
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
ゆきが
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Proto-Ryukyuan *weke + *-ga (diminutive suffix).

Noun

(ゐきが) or (ゆきが) (wikiga or yukiga

  1. man
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
をぅとぅく
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Possibly from Japanese (otoko, man).

Noun

(うぅとぅく) (wutuku

  1. (literary) man

References

  • ゐきが【男】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinoerabu

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
いぃんが
Grade: 1
Kanji in this term
ゐんが
Grade: 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wenga.

Noun

(いぃんが) or (ゐんが) (yinga or inga

  1. man

References

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: nam[1][2][3]
: Nôm readings: nam[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of nam (man; male).

Derived terms

References

Yonaguni

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wenga.

Pronunciation

Noun

(びんが) (binga

  1. man

Yoron

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *weke + *-ga (diminutive suffix).

Noun

(をぅいが) (ōiga

  1. man