鼠蹊

鼠蹊

Chinese

		rat; mouse	footpath
simp. and trad. (鼠蹊)		鼠	蹊

Etymology

So named as the groin resembles in appearance to the depressed path leading to a rat hole.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu² hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǔxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu² hai⁴
    • Yale: syú hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy² hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu² hei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyː³⁵ hɐi̯²¹/

Noun

鼠蹊

1. (anatomy) groin

Synonyms

• 腹股溝／腹股沟 (fùgǔgōu)
• (Min Nan) 骱邊／骱边, 步盤邊／步盘边, 骱溝／骱沟

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼠	蹊
そ Hyōgaiji	けい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そけー [sòkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞ke̞ː]

Alternative forms

• 鼠径

Noun

鼠蹊 (hiragana そけい, rōmaji sokei)

1. groin

Synonyms

• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)部 (ぶ) (sokeibu)

Derived terms

• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)管 (かん) (sokeikan, “inguinal canal”)
• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)部 (ぶ) (sokeibu, “groin”)
• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)ヘルニア (sokei herunia)
• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)リンパ肉芽腫症 (にくがしゅしょう) (sokei rinpa nikugashushō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
鼠	蹊

Noun

鼠蹊 • (seohye) (hangeul 서혜)

1. Hanja form^? of 서혜 (“groin”).