甥
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Translingual
Han character
甥 (Kangxi radical 100, 生+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹一田大尸 (HMWKS), four-corner 26127, composition ⿰生男)
- sister's child, sororal niece or nephew
References
- KangXi: page 755, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21689
- Dae Jaweon: page 1165, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2578, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7525
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 甥 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 猜 | *sʰlɯː |
| 輤 | *sʰleːns |
| 綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
| 倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
| 棈 | *sʰleːns |
| 蒨 | *sʰeːns |
| 篟 | *sʰeːns |
| 生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
| 牲 | *sreŋ |
| 笙 | *sreŋ |
| 甥 | *sreŋ |
| 鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
| 珄 | *sreŋ |
| 鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
| 猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
| 狌 | *sreŋ |
| 眚 | *sreŋʔ |
| 貹 | *sreŋs |
| 崝 | *zreːŋ |
| 精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
| 菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
| 睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
| 箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 清 | *sʰleŋ |
| 圊 | *sʰleŋ |
| 請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 凊 | *sʰleŋs |
| 䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 靚 | *zleŋs |
| 情 | *zleŋ |
| 晴 | *zleŋ |
| 夝 | *zleŋ |
| 靜 | *zleŋʔ |
| 靖 | *zleŋʔ |
| 睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
| 性 | *sleŋs |
| 姓 | *sleŋs |
| 靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
| 鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 青 | *sʰleːŋ |
| 靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
| 掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
| 胜 | *sleːŋ |
| 曐 | *sleːŋ |
| 星 | *sleːŋ |
| 鮏 | *sleːŋ |
| 腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
| 鯹 | *seːŋ |
| 醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 篂 | *seːŋ |
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sriŋ (“sister”), related by Coblin (1986) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live; to be alive; to give birth; raw; green”).
Cognate with Tibetan སྲིང་མོ (sring mo), Kinnauri riŋz, Jangshung śiŋ, Chinese 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “life, birth”) and 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “family name”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
甥
- sororal niece or sororal nephew
- (obsolete) son-in-law
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 外甥 (“sororal nephew”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 甥 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 外甥 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 外甥 |
| Taiwan | 外甥 | |
| Harbin | 外甥 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 外甥 | |
| Jinan | 外甥 | |
| Luoyang | 外甥兒 | |
| Wanrong | 外甥子 | |
| Xi'an | 外甥 | |
| Yinchuan | 外甥子 | |
| Xining | 外甥娃 | |
| Ürümqi | 外甥 | |
| Wuhan | 外甥, 外外 | |
| Chengdu | 外姪, 外姪兒 | |
| Guiyang | 外甥 | |
| Xuzhou | 外甥 | |
| Yangzhou | 外甥子 | |
| Nanjing | 外甥子 | |
| Hefei | 外甥子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 外甥 |
| Hong Kong | 外甥, 外甥仔 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 外甥 | |
| Macau | 外甥 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 外甥 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 外甥 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 外甥 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 外甥 | |
| Foshan | 外甥 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 外甥 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 外甥 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 外甥 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 外甥仔 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 外甥 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 外甥 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 外甥 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 外甥 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 外甥 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 外甥 | |
| Taishan | 甥子 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 甥子 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 外甥 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 外甥 | |
| Dongguan | 外甥, 外甥哥 used by men | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 外甥 | |
| Yangjiang | 外甥 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 外甥 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 外甥 |
| Lichuan | 外甥 | |
| Pingxiang | 外甥 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 外甥 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 外甥 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 外甥仔 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 外甥 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 外甥 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 外甥 | |
| Yudu | 外甥 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 外甥仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 外甥仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 外甥仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 外甥 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 外甥仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 外甥 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 外甥 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 外甥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 外甥, 外甥子 |
| Xinzhou | 外甥子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 外甥 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 外甥 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 外甥 |
| Quanzhou | 外甥 | |
| Zhangzhou | 外甥 | |
| Taipei | 外甥 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 外甥仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 外甥仔 | |
| Yilan | 外甥仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 外甥 | |
| Taichung | 外甥仔, 孫仔 | |
| Tainan | 外甥仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 外甥仔 | |
| Kinmen | 外甥 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 外甥 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 外甥 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 外甥 | |
| Chaozhou | 外甥 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 外甥, 孫 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 外甥 | |
| Haikou | 外甥 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 甥子 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 外甥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 外甥 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 外甥 | |
| Suzhou | 外甥 | |
| Danyang | 外甥 | |
| Hangzhou | 外甥 | |
| Ningbo | 外甥頑 | |
| Wenzhou | 外甥, 外甥兒 | |
| Jinhua | 外甥 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 外甥, 外甥子, 外姪, 外姪伢子 |
| Loudi | 外甥, 外甥伢唧 | |
| Shuangfeng | 外甥 | |
See also
- 姪／侄 (zhí)
Compounds
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References
- “甥”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
甥
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan-on: せい (sei)
- Kun: おい (oi, 甥)←をひ (wofi, historical); むこ (muko)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 甥 |
| おい Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) おい [òí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [o̞i]
Audio (file)
Noun
甥 • (oi) ←をひ (wofi)?
- nephew
Antonyms
- 姪 (mei)
References
- 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- 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
Hanja
甥 (eumhun 생질 생 (saengjil saeng))
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