"雌" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), shi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 雌 (MC tshje). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=し}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|雌}} 雌 (MC tshje) Head templates: {{ja-noun|し}} 雌(し) • (shi)
  1. female (plant or animal) Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-affix-5HP0qItQ Disambiguation of Female: 18 8 0 17 18 6 17 17
  2. effeminate
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-affix-GbQjLMVG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss Derived forms: 雌花 (shika) (ruby: 雌花(しか)), 雌蕊 (shizui) (ruby: (), (ずい)), 雌性 (shisei) (ruby: (), (せい)), 雌伏 (shifuku) (ruby: (), (ふく)), 雌雄 (shiyū) (ruby: 雌雄(しゆう))
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Noun

IPA: [me̞sɨᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (めす)), [canonical] (ruby: (メス)), mesu [romanization]
Etymology: First cited to 1867. The initial me- is the same me component seen in many terms referring to senses of "female". The final -su portion is of uncertain derivation. The kanji as used originally in Chinese and in older Japanese with the on'yomi of shi referred more specifically to female birds. If the term mesu is much older than the 1800s, the final -su portion may be the ancient morpheme that appears in various names for types of bird, such as 烏 (karasu, “crow”) or 鶯 (uguisu, “bush warbler”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|烏||crow|tr=karasu}} 烏 (karasu, “crow”), {{m|ja|鶯||bush warbler|tr=uguisu}} 鶯 (uguisu, “bush warbler”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|めす|メス}} 雌(めす) or 雌(メス) • (mesu)
  1. a female (plant or animal) Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-noun-jX~gWxxx Disambiguation of Female: 18 8 0 17 18 6 17 17
  2. (vulgar) a female person; bitch Tags: vulgar Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-noun-WWN7sLaW Disambiguation of Female: 18 8 0 17 18 6 17 17
  3. an internal socket
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-noun-RrG4JPMY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 21 0 4 18 57 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 15 0 3 11 71 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 28 0 6 21 45 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 9 0 2 6 40 44 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 13 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 雌黒豹紋 (mesugurohyōmon) (ruby: (めす), (ぐろ), (ひょう), (もん)) (english: the Argynnis sagana, a type of butterfly)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [me̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), me [romanization]
Etymology: Appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Old Japanese 女 (me, “woman”). This spelling is used exclusively for non-human contexts. Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|ojp|女||woman|sort=め|tr=me}} Old Japanese 女 (me, “woman”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|め}} 雌(め) • (me)
  1. a female (plant or animal) Categories (topical): Female Derived forms: 雌牛 (meushi) (ruby: (), (うし)), 雌刈萱 (megarukaya) (ruby: (), 刈萱(ガルカヤ)), 雌羊歯 (meshida) (ruby: 雌羊歯(メシダ)), 雌蕊 (meshibe) (ruby: (), (しべ)), 雌滝 (medaki) (ruby: (), (だき)), 雌鳥 (metori), 雌鳥 (medori), 雌螺子 (meneji) (ruby: 雌螺子(めねじ)), 雌花 (mebana) (ruby: (), (ばな))
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-noun-jX~gWxxx1 Disambiguation of Female: 18 8 0 17 18 6 17 17 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 9 0 2 6 40 44 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [mẽ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (めん)), men [romanization]
Etymology: First cited to 1839. /me no/ → /men/ From fusion of 雌 (me, “female plant or animal”) + の (no, “possessive particle”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja||雌|female plant or animal|tr=me}} 雌 (me, “female plant or animal”), {{ja-r|の||possessive particle}} の (no, “possessive particle”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|めん}} 雌(めん) • (men)
  1. a female (plant or animal) Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-雌-ja-noun-jX~gWxxx1 Disambiguation of Female: 18 8 0 17 18 6 17 17 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for 雌 meaning in Japanese (9.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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