人形

Chinese

		man; person; people	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
simp. and trad. (人形)		人	形

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-hìn
Min Nan (POJ): lâng-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: rénxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshyng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ jing⁴
  - Yale: yàhn yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ying⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-hìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ hinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² hin²
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ hin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/

Noun

人形

human shape or appearance
doll; puppet

Japanese

人形 (ningyō, hitogata): a doll for Hina matsuri.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	形
にん Grade: 1	ぎょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 人形 (nyin heng, literally “person shape”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) にんぎょー [nìńgyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋʲɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

人形 (hiragana にんぎょう, rōmaji ningyō, historical hiragana にんぎやう)

doll, puppet
a picture of someone's appearance
a figurative puppet, such as someone who carries out actions for someone else
(less common) a tailor's dummy, a mannequin

Usage notes

For the general sense of doll, the ningyō reading appears to be more common.

Derived terms

人 (にん)形 (ぎょう)家 (か) (ningyōka): a dollmaker

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	形
ひと Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 形 (kata, “shape, form”). The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

人像 (less common)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひとがた [hìtógátá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [çito̞ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

人形 (hiragana ひとがた, rōmaji hitogata)

a human shape
a doll
a tailor's dummy, a mannequin
a proxy, a representative
a person's appearance
a description or sketch of a person, as in a wanted poster created by the police

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	形

Noun

人形 • (inhyeong) (hangeul 인형)

Hanja form^? of 인형 (“doll, puppet”).

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