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男
男
See also: 勇
Translingual
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Han character
男 (radical 102 田+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 60427, composition ⿱田力)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 759, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21730
- Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2529, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7537
Chinese
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男 | |
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㽖 侽 |
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Glyph origin
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 田 (“field”) + 力 (“strength”) – man providing the strength for agricultural labour.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naam4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm
- Min Dong (BUC): nàng
- Min Nan (POJ): lâm
- Wu (Wiktionary): noe (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: nan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
- IPA (key): /na̠n³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: naam4
- Yale: nàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4
- IPA (key): /nɑːm²¹/
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- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm
- Hakka Romanization System: namˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: nam2
- IPA: /nam¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: nàng
- IPA (key): /nˡaŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm
- Tâi-lô: lâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: laam
- IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: noe (T3)
- IPA (key): /nø²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 男 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 那含切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/nʌm/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/nəm/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/nɒm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/nəm/ |
| Li Rong |
/nᴀm/ |
| Wang Li |
/nɒm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/năm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
nán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 男 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
nán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nom › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤ[ə]m/ |
| English | man, male |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 男 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9354 |
| Phonetic component |
男 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
南 |
| Old Chinese |
/*nuːm/ |
Definitions
男
- man; male
- son
- baron, lowest of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (五等爵位) under the Zhou dynasty
- A surname.
Synonyms
- 公 (gōng, “male (of animals)”)
Antonyms
- 女 (nǚ, “female”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 男
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Japanese
Kanji
男
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 男 |
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おとこ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
/woto2ko1/: [wotwoko] → [wotoko] → [otoko]. Cognate with the verb wot- "to become young" with ko as a male suffix. Contrasts with otome, the female version.
Pronunciation
Noun
男 (hiragana おとこ, romaji otoko, historical hiragana をとこ)
Antonyms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 男 |
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お Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
/wo/: [wo] → [o]. The male equivalent to me "female, woman".
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
男 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)
- male
- a man
- a husband
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
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| 男 |
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おのこ Grade: 1 |
| Irregular |
/wo2ko1/: [wonwoko] → [wonoko] → onoko. From wo "male" + no2 (genitive) + ko1 "man, child".
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
男 (hiragana おのこ, romaji onoko, historical hiragana をのこ)
- a boy
Etymology 4
| Kanji in this term |
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| 男 |
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なん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 男 (nom).
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
男 • (nam)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 남 (McCune-Reischauer: nam, Yale: nam)
- Name (hangeul): 사내()
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Okinawan
Kanji
男 (hiragana ゐきが, romaji wikiga)
Noun
男 (hiragana ゐきが, romaji wikiga)
Derived terms
- 男しーじゃ (ゐきがしーじゃ, wikiga shīja, “older brother”)
Vietnamese
Han character
男 (nam, khương)
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