孖

孖

孖 U+5B56, 孖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B56 ← 孕 [U+5B55] CJK Unified Ideographs 字 → [U+5B57]

Translingual

Han character

孖 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木 (NDND), four-corner 1744₇, composition ⿰子子)

Derived characters

• 𠲚, 孨, 㝈, 𫩼, 𡥨, 𤂇

References

• KangXi: page 277, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6941
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1011, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B56

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (子) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
孖	*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Duplication of 子.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
    • Yale: dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨ/, /d͡zɨ^H/

Rime
Character	孖	孖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子之切	疾置切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯ/, /*zlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孖	孖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17856	17867
Phonetic component	子	子
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	兹	字
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯ/	/*zlɯs/

Definitions

孖

1. twin
2. Alternative form of 滋 (zī, “to propagate”).

Compounds

孖蟲／孖虫

Etymology 2

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word, most likely from a Northern Tai language (Li, 1990). Compare Bouyei legwal (“twins”), Thai ฝาแฝด (fǎa, “twins”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mā (ma¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): maa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ma¹, ma^1*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ma
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹
    • Yale: mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹
    • Yale: mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ma¹, ma^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐba³³/, /ᵐba³³⁻³³⁵/

Definitions

孖 (Cantonese)

1. twin

   孖女 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ neoi^5-2 [Jyutping]  ―  twin girls

2. conjoined
3. Classifier for a pair of linked objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一孖臘腸／一孖腊肠 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ maa¹ laap⁶ coeng^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a pair of Chinese sausages

4. paired up; made into a pair
5. (Singapore) double portion (food)

   孖麵／孖面 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ min⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  double portion of noodles

Compounds

孖仔 孖公仔 孖女 孖展 孖指 孖生 孖胎 孖蒸

孖髻 打孖 黐孖筋 孖孖頭／孖孖头 孖寶／孖宝 孖煙囪／孖烟囱 孖煙筒／孖烟筒

孖煙通／孖烟通 孖膶腸／孖𬂀肠 孖辮／孖辫 孖鋪／孖铺 孖頭／孖头 孖頭公仔／孖头公仔 打孖鋪／打孖铺

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02433
• “孖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

孖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. twins

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: ふたご (futago, 孖)

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Korean

Hanja

孖 (eum 자 (ja))

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