囝
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Translingual
Han character
囝 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田弓木 (WND), four-corner 60407, composition ⿴囗子)
Derived characters
- 𣳲
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4688
- Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 7
- Unihan data for U+56DD
Chinese
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
囝 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 仔 子 | |
Min dialectal word for “son; child”. Substrate borrowing, cognate with Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun (“child, son”) (Vietnamese con, Khmer កូន (koun)) (Schuessler, 2007). Likely related to 昆 (OC *kuːn, “descendants”) (ibid.).
Pronunciation
Definitions
囝 (Min)
- son
- 郎罷別囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人勸不舉。不從人言，果獲是苦。囝別郎罷，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: ca. 8th century, Gu Kuang, 《囝》 (Son) [written in the ancient Min dialect].
Note: This poem was referring to the slavery system at the time in the Min area. The son had been forcibly castrated and was soon to be taken as a slave in a rich household. - Lángbà bié jiǎn, wú huǐ shēng rǔ. Jí rǔ jì shēng, rén quàn bù jǔ. Bù cóng rényán, guǒ huò shì kǔ. Jiǎn bié lángbà, xīn cuī xuè xià. [Pinyin]
- Father said to son when they parted: I regret begetting you;
When you were already born, people advised me to not bring you up;
I did not follow their words, and inevitably had this suffering coming.
Son is parted from father, with a heart shattered and eyes crying with blood.
郎罢别囝，吾悔生汝。及汝既生，人劝不举。不从人言，果获是苦。囝别郎罢，心摧血下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: ca. 8th century, Gu Kuang, 《囝》 (Son) [written in the ancient Min dialect].
- child
- baby, infant
- Diminutive suffix attached to nouns, equivalent to Mandarin 子 (zǐ).
- Diminutive suffix attached to classifiers.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兒子 (“son”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 子 (“general diminutive suffix”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 子 |
| Taiwan | 子 | |
| Singapore | 子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔1 |
| Hong Kong | 仔1 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 仔1 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 仔1 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 仔6 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 仔6 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 仔6 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 仔6 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 仔1 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 仔2 |
| Quanzhou | 仔2 | |
| Jinjiang | 仔2 | |
| Zhangzhou | 仔2 | |
| Zhangpu | 仔2 | |
| Tainan | 仔2 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 囝 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 囝, 仔2 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 仔2 | |
| Shantou | 囝 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 囝 | |
| Jieyang | 囝 | |
| Haifeng | 仔2 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 囝 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 囝 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 囝 | |
| Wenchang | 囝 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 囝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭, 子 |
Compounds
- 丈夫囝
- 丫頭囝／丫头囝
- 乖囝
- 乞食囝
- 伲囝
- 儂囝／侬囝
- 兄弟囝
- 凳囝
- 刀囝
- 卒囝
- 厝囝
- 命囝
- 和尚囝
- 囝仔 (gín-á)
- 囝命
- 囝囝
- 囝妮
- 囝婿
- 囝孫／囝孙
- 囝旦
- 囝生
- 囝生
- 大囝
- 女囝
- 妹囝
- 妹妹囝
- 婊囝
- 婊子囝
- 媳婦囝／媳妇囝
- 嬌囝／娇囝
- 孥囝
- 客囝
- 尾囝
- 巷囝
- 床囝
- 店囝
- 弟囝
- 後生囝／后生囝
- 戅囝
- 戇囝／戆囝
- 手囝
- 搖囝仔歌／摇囝仔歌
- 敗囝／败囝
- 新婦囝／新妇囝
- 曲蹄囝
- 枕頭囝／枕头囝
- 查埔囝
- 查某囝
- 桌囝
- 椅囝
- 樹囝／树囝
- 煞尾仔囝 (soah-bóe-á-kiáⁿ)
- 爐囝／炉囝
- 牛囝
- 犬囝
- 男囝
- 番囝
- 番錢囝／番钱囝
- 病囝
- 痞囝
- 瞎囝
- 碗囝
- 碟囝
- 空囝
- 竹囝
- 羊囝
- 耳囝
- 舅囝
- 舌囝
- 船囝
- 芽囝
- 苦囝
- 茶囝
- 菜囝
- 薰囝
- 褲囝／裤囝
- 討債囝／讨债囝
- 諸娘囝／诸娘囝
- 豆囝
- 豆腐囝
- 豬囝／猪囝
- 貓囝／猫囝
- 賊囝／贼囝
- 路囝
- 車囝／车囝
- 郎罷囝／郎罢囝
- 野囝
- 錢囝／钱囝
- 鑿囝／凿囝
- 阿囝
- 雞囝／鸡囝
- 雨囝
- 青囝
- 鞋囝
- 韃囝／鞑囝
- 風囝／风囝
- 馬囝／马囝
- 骹肚囝
- 鬼囝
- 鴨囝／鸭囝
- 鵝囝／鹅囝
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 囝 – see 囡 (“child; daughter; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 囡). |
Etymology 3
Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian. One of the Chinese characters of Empress Wu.
| For pronunciation and definitions of 囝 – see 月 (“moon; moon-shaped; round like a moon; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 月). |
References
- “囝”, 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
Korean
Hanja
囝 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
囝: Hán Nôm readings: cưởng, kiển, niên
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