雌黄

See also: 雌黃

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 雌黄 – see 雌黃 (“gamboge; orpiment”).
(This term is the simplified form of 雌黃).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1
雌黄 (shiō, kini): a sample of the mineral orpiment.
Kanji in this term
雌 黄
し
Grade: S		 おう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雌黃 (kyūjitai)

/siːwau/ → /ɕiːwɔː/ → /ɕiːoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 雌黄 (tsiɛ hwang, literally “female + yellow”), indicating the mineral orpiment, in contrast to 雄黃／雄黄 (hjuwng hwang, literally “male + yellow”), indicating the mineral realgar.

Cognate and homophone of 雄黄 (kini, “realgar”). Only differentiated by spelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

雌(し)黄(おう) • (shiō) ←しわう (siwau)?

  1. orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral
Usage notes

This is the most common reading for this kanji compound.

Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
雌 黄
きに
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
雌黃 (kyūjitai)

Probably from Old Japanese [Term?]. Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “earth, reddish earth”).

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), ultimately from Middle Chinese 雌黃.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɲ̟i]

Noun

雌黄(きに) • (kini) 

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral
Synonyms
  • 石黄(せきおう) (sekiō) (more common)
Related terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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