陰核

陰核

See also: 阴核

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)
trad. (陰核)		陰	核
simp. (阴核)		阴	核

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ wat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīnhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inher
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ wat⁶
    • Yale: yām waht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ wat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ wed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ wɐt̚²/

Noun

陰核

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰核):

• → Japanese: 陰核 (いんかく) (inkaku)
• → Korean: 음핵 (陰核, eumhaek)
• → Vietnamese: âm hạch (陰核)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陰	核
Grade: S	Grade: S
Irregular

[penoko] → [ɸenoko] → [henoko]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) へ​のこ [héꜜnòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [he̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

陰核 (hiragana へのこ, rōmaji henoko)

1. (anatomy) testicles
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 46:

     陰核 食療經云 食蓼及生魚或令陰核疼 陰核　俗云篇乃古 [...] 刑徳放云 丈夫淫亂割其勢 勢即陰核也 [...] 外腎睾丸也 [...]

2. (anatomy) a penis

Synonyms

• 金 (きん)玉 (たま) (kintama)
• 睾 (こう)丸 (がん) (kōgan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰	核
いん Grade: S	かく Grade: S
on’yomi

From Chinese 陰核

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) いんかく [ìńkákú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ĩŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

陰核 (hiragana いんかく, rōmaji inkaku)

1. (anatomy) a clitoris

Synonyms

• 雛 (ひな)尖 (さき) (hinasaki)
• 陰 (いん)梃 (てい) (intei)
• クリトリス (kuritorisu)
• 栗 (くり)ちゃん (kurichan)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	核

Noun

陰核 • (eumhaek, McCune-Reischauer: ŭmhaek, Yale: umhayk) (hangeul 음핵)

1. Hanja form^? of 음핵 (“clitoris”).