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See also: 卯 and 卬
卵 U+5375, 卵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5375
← 却
[U+5374] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卶 →
[U+5376]
卵 U+F91C, 卵
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91C
← 亂
[U+F91B] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 欄 →
[U+F91D]

Translingual

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Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Han character

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卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠂑卪)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
  • Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5375

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 卵
alternative forms 卝
𡖉
𤓲
𠨫
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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (卵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卵 *ɡ·roːlʔ, *ɡ·roːnʔ
關 *kroːn
関 *kroːn
聯 *ɡ·ron

Pictogram (象形) – spawn, egg.

Etymology 1

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Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row (“egg, nit”) with nominalizing suffix *‑n; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ (sro ma, “egg of a louse, nit, small bubble”) (Benedict, 1976; Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um (“egg”), while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.

Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sō̤ng - vernacular;
  • lǔing - literary.
Note:
  • lâung - vernacular;
  • luāng - literary.
Note:
  • noe5/ny5 - vernacular;
  • luang3/luong3 - literary.
Note:
  • nn̄g/nňg/nūi - vernacular;
  • loán - literary.
Note:
  • lu, loe, lo - literary;
  • le, loe, loen - vernacular.
Rime
Character 卵 卵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 桓 (62) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 盧管切 郎果切
Baxter lwanX lwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luɑnX/ /luɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lʷɑnX/ /luɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luɑnX/ /luɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lwanX/ /lwaX/
Li
Rong 		/luɑnX/ /luɑX/
Wang
Li 		/luɑnX/ /luɑX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/luɑnX/ /luɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		luǎn luǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lyun5 lo5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卵 卵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		luǎn luǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lwaX › ‹ lwanX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.rˁorʔ/ (dialect: *-r > *-j) /*k.rˁorʔ/
English egg egg

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卵 卵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8639 8643
Phonetic
component 		卵 卵
Rime
group 		歌 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		裸 卵
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·roːlʔ/ /*ɡ·roːnʔ/

Definitions

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卵

  1. egg; ovum; roe; spawn
  2. (entomology) fertilised egg
  4. (regional) testicles
  5. (regional) penis; male genitals; scrotum
Synonyms
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  • (egg):
Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 卵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蛋, 卵
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蛋, 子兒
Taiwan 蛋
Malaysia 蛋
Singapore 蛋
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 蛋
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 蛋
Xuzhou 蛋
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蛋
Wuhan 蛋
Guiyang 蛋
Guilin 蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 蛋
Hefei 蛋
Cantonese Guangzhou 蛋, 春
Hong Kong 蛋, 春
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 春
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 春
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 春
Macau 蛋, 春
Guangzhou (Panyu) 春, 蛋
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蛋
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 春
Foshan 春, 蛋
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 春
Foshan (Shunde) 春
Foshan (Sanshui) 春
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 春
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 春
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 春
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 春
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蛋
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蛋
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蛋
Taishan 蛋
Kaiping (Chikan) 蛋
Enping (Niujiang) 蛋
Heshan (Yayao) 蛋
Dongguan 春
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 春
Yangjiang 蛋, 春
Nanning 蛋
Wuzhou 蛋
Yulin 蛋
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蛋
Beihai 蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蛋
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蛋
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) 子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蛋
Singapore (Guangfu) 蛋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蛋
Móng Cái 蛋
Gan Nanchang 蛋
Lichuan 蛋
Pingxiang 架架
Jianning 蛋
Taining 卵
Hakka Meixian 卵, 春, 蛋
Xingning 春
Dabu (Xihe) 春
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 春
Huiyang 春
Dongguan (Qingxi) 春
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 春
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 春
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 春
Wuhua (Huacheng) 春
Wuhua (Changbu) 春
Wuhua (Mianyang) 春
Heyuan (Bendihua) 春
Wengyuan 春
Liannan 春
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 春
Jiexi 卵
Luhe 卵
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 卵
Changting 蛋
Wuping 蛋
Wuping (Yanqian) 蛋
Liancheng 卵
Ninghua 蛋
Tonggu (Sandu) 蛋
Ganzhou (Panlong) 蛋
Dayu 蛋
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 卵, 春
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 卵, 春
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 卵, 春
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 卵, 春
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 卵, 春
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 卵
Hong Kong 春, 蛋
Yangxi (Tangkou) 春
Yangchun (Sanjia) 春
Xinyi (Sihe) 春
Xinyi (Qianpai) 蛋
Gaozhou (Xindong) 春
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 蛋
Huazhou (Xin'an) 蛋
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 蛋
Lianjiang (Qingping) 蛋
Mengshan (Xihe) 春
Luchuan 蛋
Sabah (Longchuan) 春
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 春
Senai (Huiyang) 春
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 春
Singkawang 春
Jin Taiyuan 蛋
Northern Min Jian'ou 卵
Songxi 卵
Zhenghe 卵
Jianyang 卵
Wuyishan 卵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 卵
Fuzhou (Changle) 卵
Lianjiang 卵
Fuqing 卵
Pingtan 卵
Yongtai 卵
Minqing 卵
Gutian 卵
Pingnan 卵
Luoyuan 卵
Fu'an 卵
Ningde 卵
Xiapu 卵
Zherong 卵
Shouning 卵
Zhouning 卵
Fuding 卵
Matsu 卵
Southern Min Xiamen 卵
Xiamen (Tong'an) 卵
Quanzhou 卵
Jinjiang 卵
Nan'an 卵
Shishi 卵
Hui'an 卵
Anxi 卵
Yongchun 卵
Dehua 卵
Zhangzhou 卵
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 卵
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 卵
Hua'an 卵
Nanjing 卵
Pinghe 卵
Zhangpu 卵
Yunxiao 卵
Zhao'an 卵
Dongshan 卵
Taipei 卵
New Taipei (Sanxia) 卵
Kaohsiung 卵
Yilan 卵
Changhua (Lukang) 卵
Taichung 卵
Taichung (Wuqi) 卵
Tainan 卵
Taitung 卵
Hsinchu 卵
Kinmen 卵
Penghu (Magong) 卵
Penang (Hokkien) 卵
Singapore (Hokkien) 卵
Manila (Hokkien) 卵
Longyan 卵
Zhangping 卵
Datian 卵
Chaozhou 卵
Shantou 卵
Shantou (Chenghai) 卵
Jieyang 卵
Haifeng 卵
Bangkok (Teochew) 卵
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 卵
Singapore (Teochew) 卵
Leizhou 卵
Wenchang 卵
Haikou 卵
Singapore (Hainanese) 卵
Puxian Min Putian 卵
Xianyou 卵
Central Min Yong'an 卵
Sanming (Sanyuan) 卵
Sanming (Shaxian) 卵
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 卵
Guangze 卵
Jiangle 卵
Mingxi 卵
Shunchang 卵
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 春
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 蛋
Suzhou 蛋
Danyang 蛋
Ningbo 蛋
Wenzhou 卵
Jinhua 卵
Xiang Changsha 蛋
Shuangfeng 蛋
Dialectal synonyms of 卵 (“egg (of a fish)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 卵
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 子兒, 子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 子兒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 子兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蛋, 蛋兒
Wuhan 子
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 子
Hefei 子
Cantonese Guangzhou 卵
Hong Kong 卵
Yangjiang 膥
Gan Nanchang 子
Hakka Meixian 卵
Jin Taiyuan 蛋, 子兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 卵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 卵, 子
Southern Min Xiamen 卵
Chaozhou 卵
Wu Shanghai 子
Suzhou 子
Wenzhou 子, 卵
Xiang Changsha 子
Shuangfeng 蛋, 子
  • (testicle):
Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睪丸, 精巢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
Taiwan 蛋蛋
Harbin 卵子兒
Singapore 球
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 球蛋
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蛋子兒, 蛋
Wanrong 子
Xi'an 蛋子兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 卵子
Lanzhou 脬子兒, 腎
Ürümqi 脬卵子, 卵子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
Wuhan 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
Guiyang 卵蛋
Liuzhou 卵考子, 考子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 卵子
Yangzhou 卵蛋, 卵子子
Cantonese Guangzhou 春子
Hong Kong 春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 核
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 核春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 核仁
Kaiping (Chikan) 春牯
Dongguan 春核
Hepu (Lianzhou) 卵子
Hepu (Shatian) 卵脬仁
Guiping 核子
Guiping (Mule) 𨳍卵
Pingnan 核卵
Guigang (Gangcheng) 核仔
Guigang (Pingdong) 核仁
Beihai 卵仁
Beihai (Nankang) 卵仁
Beihai (Yingpan) 卵仁
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 卵仁
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 卵核
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 卵核
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 春仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 卵
Móng Cái 卵核
Gan Lichuan 順子
Pingxiang 卵坨子
Hakka Meixian 核卵
Xingning 核卵
Dabu (Xihe) 核卵仁
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 核卵
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 核卵
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 核卵
Wuhua (Huacheng) 核卵
Wuhua (Changbu) 核卵
Wuhua (Mianyang) 核卵
Jiexi 核卵
Changting 卵子
Longyan (Yongding) 核卵
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 核卵仁
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 核卵
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 核卵
Wuping (Zhongshan) 核卵
Liancheng (Peitian) 卵子
Liancheng (Juxi) 核卵
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 核卵
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 核卵
Yudu 卵子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 核卵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 核卵
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 核卵
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 核卵仁
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 核卵仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 核卵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 核卵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 核卵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 核卵
Hong Kong 核卵
Sabah (Longchuan) 核卵
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 核卵仁
Senai (Huiyang) 核
Singkawang 核卵
Bangkok (Meixian) 核卵
Bangkok (Fengshun) 核卵
Huizhou Jixi 卵子
Jin Pingyao 堆兒, 蛋
Xinzhou 蛋籽子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 𡳞核子, 𡳞核
Fuzhou (Changle) 𡳞核子
Fuqing 𡳞核子
Yongtai 𡳞脬子
Gutian 𡳞核子
Fu'an 𡳞脬子
Ningde 𡳞脬子
Shouning 𡳞脬子
Zhouning 尿脬子
Fuding 卵脬子
Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞核, 腎子
Quanzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
Jinjiang 𡳞核
Yongchun 𡳞核, 𡳞核子
Zhangzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
Zhao'an 𡳞核
Taipei 𡳞核
Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞脬核仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞核
New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞核
New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞核
Yilan 𡳞核
Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞核仔
Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Taichung 𡳞核仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞核
Tainan 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
Tainan (Anping) 𡳞核
Taitung 𡳞核仔
Hsinchu 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Kinmen 𡳞核
Penghu (Magong) 𡳞核
Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞核
Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞核
Chaozhou 核
Shantou 𡳞核
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞核
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞核
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞核
Jieyang 𡳞核, 𡳞仁
Haifeng 𡳞脬核
Bangkok (Teochew) 𡳞核
Leizhou 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
Wenchang 𡳞仁
Haikou 𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 𡳞核
Central Min Sanming (Sanyuan) 石核
Sanming (Shaxian) 尿脬核
Shaojiang Min Mingxi 腎肚子
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 卵子
Wu Shanghai 卵子
Suzhou 卵子
Danyang 卵脬黃, 卵子黃
Hangzhou 卵子
Ningbo 卵黃, 卵袋黃
Wenzhou 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
Jinhua 老核子
Jinhua (Tangxi) 卵核
Xiang Loudi 考子, 卵子
Hengyang 睪子
  • (penis):
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 陰莖, 陽具, 男根
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 雞巴, 卵子, 家伙, 帽兒, 大帽兒, 雀子 †, 小雞兒 †, 小蟲兒 †
Taiwan 雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 †
Harbin 雞巴, 雞巴嘚兒, 雞巴頭子, 嘚兒, 牛子, 老二, 二哥, 腿兒, 牛牛兒 †, 小牛子 †, 家雀兒 †
Singapore 小鳥 †
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 屌, 小雞兒 †, 小雞雞 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鴨子, 雞子, 雞巴, 屌, 小鴨兒 †
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 雞巴, 屌, 膀, 雞巴兒 †, 小雞兒雞兒 †
Wanrong 鴨子, 鴨兒 †
Xi'an 㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 †
Xining 雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 †
Xuzhou 屌, 雞巴, 雞尜尜, 屌頭子, 老二, 二哥, 一家人兒, 打種的 dated, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 尜尜 †, 小老雀兒 †, 老雀兒 †
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 㞗
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 †
Lanzhou 㞗, 牛牛子 †
Ürümqi 㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 †
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 錘子, 雞巴, 雞棍兒, 雞兒, 雀雀兒, 雀雀, 麻雀兒, 毛鰱魚, 老二, 㞗, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 小麻雀兒 †, 小雀雀兒 †
Chongqing 錘子, 卵, 鷄兒, 鴨兒, 雀雀兒, 鷄巴, 㞗, 牙刷兒
Wuhan 鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 †
Guiyang 雞巴, 大雞巴, 乾雞巴, 馬雞巴, 卵子, 㞗, 屌, 下二哥, 二哥, 甩甩, 錘錘 dated, 錘子 dated, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 麻雀 †, 小麻雀 †, 雀雀 †
Liuzhou 鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 †
Yangzhou 雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 †
Nantong 屌兒, 屌
Hefei 屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 †
Huanggang 卵, 雞巴
Cantonese Guangzhou 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 小便, 祠堂, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 鳩脧 †, 脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 周, 周周, 雀, 弟弟, 細佬, 何B仔, 子孫根, 祠堂, 第三隻腳, 第五肢, 是非根, J slang, 丁 slang, 丁丁 slang, 腸 slang, 腸仔 slang, 嘢 euphemistic, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 脧脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 𡳞, 鵝仔 †
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 鵝仔, 𡳞
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 𡳞, 𡳞仔 †
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 𡳞
Macau 鳩
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鳩, 𨳍
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鳩
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鳩
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鳩
Foshan 鳩
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鳩
Foshan (Shunde) 鳩
Foshan (Sanshui) 鳩, 𨳍
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鳩
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鳩, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 𨳍
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鳩脧, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen) 𨳍, 鳩
Jiangmen (Baisha) 雀, 𡳞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 𡳞, 鳩
Taishan 𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 †
Kaiping (Chikan) 𡳞, 𨳍
Enping (Niujiang) 𡳞, 𨳍
Heshan (Yayao) 𨳍
Dongguan 𡳞, 鵝必 †
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 𡳞
Qingyuan 鳩
Fogang 𨳍
Yingde (Hanguang) 鳩
Yangshan 巧
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 巧
Shaoguan 𨳍
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鳩
Renhua 𡳞子
Lechang 雞巴, 𨳍
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 鳩
Sihui 巧, 鳩, 𨳍
Guangning 巧
Deqing 屌, 𨳍
Huaiji 鳩
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 鳩
Yunfu 𨳍
Xinxing 𨳍
Luoding 𨳍
Yunan (Pingtai) 鳩
Yangjiang 鳩, 𨳍
Xinyi 𨳍
Nanning 𨳍
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鳩脧
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ipoh (Guangfu) 屌, 𨳍, 𡳞, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓周, 慈姑椗
Singapore (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 賓周
Gan Nanchang 卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 †
Lichuan 卵, 老二
Pingxiang 卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 †
Hakka Meixian 𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 †
Xingning 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 †
Huidong (Daling) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 脧
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 脧
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 𡳞, 脧
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𨳍
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Huacheng) 脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Changbu) 脧
Wuhua (Mianyang) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Heyuan (Bendihua) 𡳞
Wengyuan 𡳞子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 𡳞棍
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 𡳞棍, 脧
Liannan 脧子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 𨳍
Jiexi 脧
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 𡳞
Changting 𡳞子, 𡳞
Wuping 𡳞
Wuping (Yanqian) 𡳞子
Wuping (Pingyu) 𡳞
Liancheng 𡳞, 脧
Ninghua 脧
Yudu 卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 †
Ningdu 卵
Ruijin 卵陀
Shicheng 卵梗
Shangyou (Shexi) 卵
Tonggu (Sandu) 卵子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 卵
Dayu 卵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𡳞棍
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𡳞棍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 脧
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 脧子
Hong Kong 𡳞, 脧 †
Mengshan (Xihe) 𡳞
Luchuan 脧
Sabah (Bao'an) 𡳞棍, 𡳞
Sabah (Longchuan) 脧仔
Senai (Huiyang) 𡳞棍
Singkawang 脧
Huizhou Jixi 鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥
Shexian 鳥
Huangshan (Tunxi) 雞兒, 鳥兒
Xiuning 鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic
Yixian 卵
Qimen 屌兒
Wuyuan 菩蒂
Jin Taiyuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 †
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 雞巴, 㞗
Pingyao 㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 †
Xinzhou 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult
Shenmu 㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 †
Northern Min Jian'ou 𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 †
Jian'ou (Dikou) 𫵓
Songxi 𫵓
Zhenghe 𫵓
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 𫵓牯
Jianyang 𫵓
Wuyishan 脧
Pucheng (Shibei) 脧
Eastern Min Fuzhou 欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 †
Fuzhou (Changle) 欛欛囝
Fuqing 䐯, 鳥 †
Yongtai 䐯鳥
Gutian 䐯鳥
Fu'an 䐯鳥
Ningde 䐯
Shouning 䐯鳥
Zhouning 䐯鳥
Fuding 䐯䐯, 䐯鳥
Matsu 欛欛
Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Xiamen (Tong'an) 𡳞鳥
Quanzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Jinjiang 𡳞鳥
Anxi 𡳞鳥
Yongchun 𡳞鳥
Zhangzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Zhangpu 𡳞
Zhao'an 𡳞鳥
Dongshan 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 †
Taipei 𡳞鳥
Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞鳥
Yilan 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Luodong) 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞鳥
Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞鳥
Taichung 𡳞鳥
Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞鳥
Tainan 𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶
Tainan (Anping) 𡳞鳥
Taitung 𡳞鳥
Hsinchu 𡳞鳥
Kinmen 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Magong) 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞鳥
Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕
Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish
Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥
Zhangping (Yongfu) 𡳞, 𡳞公仔 †
Datian 𡳞鳥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鳩
Chaozhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Raoping 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞
Shantou (Chaoyang) 𡳞鳥
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞
Jieyang 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 †
Haifeng 𡳞鳥
Bangkok (Teochew) 鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 𡳞
Hat Yai (Teochew) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𡳞
Singapore (Teochew) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Leizhou 𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄
Wenchang 頹
Haikou 頹, 鳥 †
Puxian Min Putian 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Fengting) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Youyang) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Central Min Yong'an 脧
Sanming (Sanyuan) 脧
Sanming (Shaxian) 脧仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 卵, 卵脬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 𨳍, 麻鳥, 二老弟, 慈姑椗 †
Shehua Fu'an 𡳞仔
Fuding 𡳞仔
Luoyuan 𡳞仔
Sanming 𡳞仔
Shunchang 𡳞仔
Hua'an 𡳞仔
Guixi (Zhangping) 𡳞仔
Cangnan 𡳞仔
Jingning (Hexi) 𡳞
Lishui 𡳞
Longyou 𡳞鳥
Chaozhou 𡳞仔
Fengshun 𡳞仔
Wu Shanghai 卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 †
Shanghai (Chongming) 卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 †
Suzhou 卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 †
Wuxi 卵
Danyang 卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 †
Hangzhou 雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 †
Ningbo 卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 †
Wenzhou 頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 †
Jinhua 老八兒, 聊子, 雀, 雞巴, 八兒八兒 †
Xiang Changsha 卵, 雞巴, 掉它, 太鬍子, 雞雞 †, 鳥鳥 †, 鳥 †, 梗梗 †
Loudi 雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 †
Shuangfeng 卵子, 雞蓀子 †
Quanzhou 屌把
Note † - of a boy
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 𡳞 (“male genitalia; penis; dick; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 𡳞).

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 鯤 (“fish roe”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 鯤).

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References

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Japanese

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FWOTD – 16 February 2021

Kanji

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卵

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. an egg

Readings

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  • Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たまご (tamago, 卵, Jōyō)

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
卵
たまご
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
玉子
卵 (tamago): a selection of different eggs.

From 玉 (tama, “ball”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child, small thing”).[1] The ko reading for 子 changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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卵(たまご) • (tamago) 

  1. an egg, including fish roe
    • 1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ [Wing Egg Elf]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
      たまごのカラに身(み)を包(つつ)む天(てん)使(し)。大(おお)きな羽(はね)で攻(こう)撃(げき)を防(ふせ)ぐ。
      Tamago no kara ni mi o tsutsumu tenshi. Ōki na hane de kōgeki o fusegu.
      An angel sheltered inside an eggshell. It fends off attacks with its massive wings.
    • 2000 July 13, “ドラゴン・エッガー [Dragon Egger]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
      卵(たまご)のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子(こ)供(ども)と間(ま)違(ちが)えると痛(いた)い目(め)にあうぞ！
      Tamago no kara o kabutte iru doragon. Kodomo to machigaeru to itaime ni au zo!
      A dragon who shelters in an eggshell. Never mistake him for a literal baby!
    • 2003 July 17, “ジェノサイドキングサーモン [Genocide King Salmon]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:
      暗(あん)黒(こく)海(かい)の主(ぬし)として恐(おそ)れられている巨(きょ)大(だい)なシャケ。その卵(たまご)は暗(あん)黒(こく)界(かい)一(いち)の美(び)味(み)として知(し)られている。
      Ankokukai no nushi to shite osorerarete iru kyodai na shake. Sono tamago wa Ankokukaīchi no bimi to shiteshirarete iru.
      A giant salmon worst feared in the Dark Sea. Its roe is best known as the ultimate delicacy of the Dark World.
  2. the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
  3. a beginner or rookie at something
    • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “山(やま)寺(でら)グラフィティ [Mountain Temple Graffiti]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 106:
      ぼく、加(か)藤(とう)広(ひろ)康(やす)。イラストレーターの卵(たまご)。
      Boku, Katō Hiroyasu. Irasutorētā no tamago.
      My name’s Katō Hiroyasu. I’m a rookie illustrator.
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This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg, indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms, and an egg as used in cooking. For the more specific biological sense of ovum, see 卵子 (ranshi).

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
卵
らん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 卵 (MC lwanX).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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卵(らん) • (ran) 

  1. an ovum

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “たま‐ご 【卵・玉子】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “らん 【卵】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

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Hanja

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卵 (eumhun 알 란 (al ran), word-initial (South Korea) 알 난 (al nan))

  1. hanja form? of 란/난 (“ovum”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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卵: Hán Nôm readings: noãn, loãn

  1. chữ Hán form of noãn (“botanical ovule”).

Yonaguni

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Kanji

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卵

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

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卵(かいく゚) (kai'ngu) 

  1. egg
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