膣

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See also: 腟
膣 U+81A3, 膣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A3
← 膢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 膤 →

Translingual

Han character

膣 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月十金土 (BJCG), four-corner 73214, composition ⿰月窒)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 993, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29849
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2109, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+81A3

Chinese

trad. 膣
simp. # 膣
alternative forms 腟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
致 *tiɡs
輊 *tiɡs
駤 *tiɡs
跮 *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
荎 *di, *diːɡ
緻 *diɡs
至 *tjiɡs
鵄 *tʰji
胵 *tʰji
痓 *tʰjiɡs
咥 *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
窒 *tiːɡ, *tiɡ
蛭 *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤 *diːɡ
耋 *diːɡ
姪 *diːɡ, *diɡ
絰 *diːɡ
恎 *diːɡ
挃 *tiɡ
庢 *tiɡ
銍 *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
秷 *tiɡ
螲 *tiɡ
侄 *diɡ, *tjiɡ
桎 *tjiɡ
郅 *tjiɡ
晊 *tjiɡ
室 *hliɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 窒 (OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to ST *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s (WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT) or *s/m-ti (CLITORIS / VAGINA)?”

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chi - vernacular;
  • tit - literary.
Note:
  • zi1 - vernacular;
  • diag4/diêg4 - literary (diêg4 - Chaozhou).
    Rime
    Character 膣 膣
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 知 (9) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 質 (49) 屑 (87)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III IV
    Fanqie 陟栗切 丁結切
    Baxter trit tet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʈˠiɪt̚/ /tet̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈᵚit̚/ /tet̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȶiet̚/ /tɛt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈjit̚/ /tɛt̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȶjĕt̚/ /tet̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȶĭĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ȶi̯ĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhi die
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zat1 dit3

    Definitions

    膣

    1. (literary) vagina
    2. (Hakka, Southern Min, vulgar) vulva; female genitalia; cunt (Classifier: 塊／块 mn-t)

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 牝
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 屄
    Taiwan 妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑
    Harbin 屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒
    Malaysia 屄
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 屄
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 屄, 水門
    Wanrong 屄
    Xi'an 屄
    Xining 屄
    Xuzhou 屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 屄
    Lanzhou 屄
    Ürümqi 屄
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 屄, 胯胯 †
    Wuhan 屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 †
    Guiyang 屄
    Guilin 𫱋
    Liuzhou 屄, 閪, 𫱋
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 屄, 尿門
    Yangzhou 屄
    Nantong 屄
    Hefei 屄
    Cantonese Guangzhou 閪, 西 euphemistic
    Hong Kong 閪, gap, gap gap, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 屄, 閪
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 閪
    Macau 閪
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 閪
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 閪
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 閪
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 閪
    Foshan 閪
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 閪
    Foshan (Shunde) 閪
    Foshan (Sanshui) 閪
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 閪
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 閪
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 閪
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 閪
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 閪
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 閪, 屄
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 閪
    Taishan 閪
    Kaiping (Chikan) 閪
    Enping (Niujiang) 閪
    Heshan (Yayao) 閪
    Dongguan 閪
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 閪
    Qingyuan 閪
    Fogang 閪
    Yingde (Hanguang) 閪
    Yangshan 閪
    Lianshan (Butian) 閪
    Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 閪
    Shaoguan 閪, 膣屄
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 閪
    Renhua 膣屄
    Lechang 閪
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 閪
    Sihui 屄
    Guangning 閪
    Huaiji 閪
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 閪
    Yunfu 閪
    Xinxing 閪
    Luoding 閪
    Yunan (Pingtai) 閪兒
    Yangjiang 閪
    Xinyi 閪
    Nanning 閪
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 閪
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 閪
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 閪
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 閪
    Singapore (Guangfu) 閪
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 閪
    Móng Cái 閪
    Gan Nanchang 屄
    Lichuan 屄
    Pingxiang 屄
    Hakka Meixian 膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔
    Xingning 膣屄
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 屄, 閪
    Huiyang 膣屄, 膣
    Huidong (Daling) 膣屄
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 膣屄
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 膣屄
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 閪屄
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 膣屄
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 膣, 膣屄
    Wuhua (Changbu) 膣屄
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 膣屄
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 屄
    Wengyuan 膣屄
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 膣
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 膣屄
    Liannan 膣屄
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 膣屄
    Jiexi 膣
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 膣
    Changting 膣
    Wuping 膣嫲
    Wuping (Yanqian) 膣屄
    Wuping (Pingyu) 膣屄
    Liancheng 膣
    Ninghua 膣
    Yudu 屄, 屄坨, 膣
    Ningdu 屄, 膣屄
    Ruijin 屄
    Shicheng 膣, 屄
    Shangyou (Shexi) 膣屄
    Tonggu (Sandu) 屄子
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 屄
    Dayu 屄
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯仔
    Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯仔
    Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 膣屄
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯仔
    Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯
    Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯
    Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 膣屄
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 膣屄
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 膣屄
    Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 膣屄, 蚶杯
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 膣屄
    Hong Kong 膣屄
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 閪
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 閪
    Xinyi (Sihe) 閪
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 閪
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 閪
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 閪
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 閪
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 膣屄, 閪
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 膣屄
    Mengshan (Xihe) 閪
    Luchuan 閪
    Sabah (Longchuan) 膣屄
    Senai (Huiyang) 膣屄
    Kuching (Hepo) 膣屄
    Singkawang 膣屄
    Huizhou Jixi 屄
    Shexian 屄
    Huangshan (Tunxi) 屄
    Jin Taiyuan 屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 †
    Xinzhou 屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子
    Northern Min Jian'ou 屄
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 屄界
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 㞠屄
    Jianyang 屄
    Wuyishan 屄
    Pucheng (Shibei) 屄
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 †
    Fuzhou (Changle) 姕髀
    Fuqing 姕髀, 姕
    Yongtai 屄屄囝
    Gutian 姕髀
    Fu'an 屄
    Ningde 老姕
    Shouning 屄
    Zhouning 屄
    Fuding 屌
    Southern Min Xiamen 膣屄, 膣
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 膣屄
    Quanzhou 膣屄
    Jinjiang 膣屄, 屄
    Zhangzhou 膣屄, 參屄, 蟯
    Zhangpu 膣
    Zhao'an 膣屄, 蛤婆
    Taipei 膣屄, 蟯
    New Taipei (Tamsui) 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 膣屄, 蟯
    New Taipei (Pingxi) 膣屄
    Kaohsiung 膣屄, 蟯杯
    Kaohsiung (Cijin) 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯
    Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔
    Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 膣屄
    Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 膣屄
    Yilan 膣屄
    Yilan (Luodong) 膣屄, 田杯
    Yilan (Toucheng) 膣屄, 蟯仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 膣屄
    Taichung 膣屄
    Taichung (Wuqi) 膣屄
    Tainan 膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔
    Tainan (Anping) 膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔
    Taitung 膣屄
    Hsinchu 膣屄
    Kinmen 膣屄, 蚶
    Penghu (Magong) 膣屄, 蚶
    Penghu (Xiyu) 膣屄, 蚶
    Penang (Hokkien) 膣屄, puki
    Singapore (Hokkien) 膣屄
    Manila (Hokkien) 膣屄
    Medan (Hokkien) 膣屄
    Longyan 膣屄
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 膣屄
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 閪
    Chaozhou 膣
    Shantou 膣
    Shantou (Chenghai) 膣
    Jieyang 膣, 蠔
    Haifeng 膣, 膣屄
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 膣
    Singapore (Teochew) 膣
    Leizhou 膣
    Haikou 膣
    Puxian Min Putian 膣
    Xianyou 膣屄
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 閪
    Wu Shanghai 屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang
    Shanghai (Chongming) 屄
    Suzhou 屄
    Danyang 屄, 屄屄 †
    Hangzhou 屄, 凹屄
    Ningbo 屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮
    Wenzhou 屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 †
    Jinhua 屄, 老屄
    Xiang Changsha 屄, 麻屄, 屄屄
    Loudi 屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous
    Shuangfeng 麻屄
    Quanzhou 屄
    Note † - of a girl

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (膣):
    • → Japanese: 膣(ちつ) (chitsu)
    • → Korean: 질(膣) (jil)

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    膣

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    Readings

    • Go-on: ちち (chichi)
    • Kan-on: ちつ (chitsu)

    Etymology

     膣 on Japanese Wikipedia
     Vagina on Wikipedia
    Kanji in this term
    膣
    ちつ
    Hyōgai
    on'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    腟

    From Middle Chinese 膣 (MC trit|tet). Compare modern Cantonese 膣 (zat6).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    膣(ちつ) • (chitsu) 

    1. (anatomy) vagina

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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

    Korean

    Hanja

    膣 (eumhun 보지 질 (boji jil))

    1. hanja form? of 질 (“vagina”)
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