囡

囡	U+56E1, 囡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E1

← 因
[U+56E0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

团 →
[U+56E2]

Translingual

Han character

囡 (radical 31 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田女 (WV), four-corner 6040₄, composition ⿴囗女)

Derived characters

𥜫, 𦮗

References

KangXi: page 217, character 6

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4696

Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 713, character 8

Unihan data for U+56E1

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		囡

Pan (2015) proposes that it is a contraction of 女兒／女儿, comparing it to 蝦／虾 (1ho; 1hoe), where 1hoe is a contraction of 蝦兒／虾儿, and noting that some Wu dialects pronounce 女 (3nyy) with a 麻 (MC mˠa)-final (/o/).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nān (nan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): noe (T3); 'noe (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢ
  - Wade–Giles: nan¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhan
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: noe (T3); 'noe (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /nø²³/, /ʔnø⁵³/

Note: 1'noe - diminutive (e.g. 囡囡).

Definitions

囡

(Wu) child
(Wu, dated in Shanghai) daughter

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女兒 (“daughter”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		女
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女兒
Mandarin	Beijing	女兒、女花兒、閨女、姑娘、丫頭
	Taiwan	女兒
	Tianjin	女兒、閨女
	Harbin	女兒、姑娘、閨女、閨娘、丫頭
	Shenyang	姑娘、丫頭
	Jinan	閨女
	Muping	閨娘、閨娘子、女兒
	Jiedian	女子
	Xi'an	女、女兒
	Qingdao	閨女
	Xining	姑娘、丫頭
	Xuzhou	女兒、閨女
	Yinchuan	女兒、丫頭
	Lanzhou	女兒
	Ürümqi	女兒、丫頭
	Wuhan	姑娘、丫頭
	Chengdu	女兒、女、姑娘兒
	Guiyang	姑娘、女娃娃、女娃兒、幺女、幺姑娘、小丫頭、小姑娘
	Guilin	女兒
	Liuzhou	女、丫頭
	Kunming	囡兒、姑娘
	Yangzhou	女兒、姑娘
	Nanjing	女兒、姑娘
	Hefei	女兒、丫頭
	Nantong	丫頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
	Hong Kong	女、女女
	Shunde	女
	Zhongshan	女
	Dongguan	女
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	女、妹仔
	Taishan	女
	Doumen	女
	Kaiping	女
	Shaoguan	女
	Yunfu	女
	Yangjiang	桓仔
	Xinyi	女
	Lianjiang	女
	Nanning	女
	Wuzhou	女
	Yulin	女
	Hepu	女
	Kuala Lumpur	女
Gan	Nanchang	女、姑娘
	Lichuan	女
	Pingxiang	女、妹仔
Hakka	Meixian	妹仔
	Xingning	妹哩
	Huidong	妹仔
	Qujiang	妹子
	Xiaosanjiang	妹仔
	Luchuan	女
	Changting	妹子
	Pingyu	妹子
	Wuping	妹子
	Liancheng	妹子娘
	Ninghua	女
	Yudu	女、女子
	Ruijin	女、女子
	Shicheng	女
	Shangyou	女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	妹仔、妹子
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	妹仔、妹子
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	妹仔、妹子
	Dongshi (Dabu)	妹、妹子
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	妹仔、妹子
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿女
	Hong Kong	妹子
	Sabah	妹哩
	Senai	妹子
	Singkawang	妹子
Huizhou	Jixi	女
Jin	Taiyuan	閨女、妮子
Jin	Xinzhou	閨女
Min Bei	Jian'ou	阿娘囝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	諸娘囝
	Fuqing	諸娘囝
	Matsu	諸娘囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	查某囝、查某仔
	Quanzhou	查某仔
	Zhangzhou	查某仔
	Taipei	查某囝
	Kaohsiung	查某囡仔、查某囝
	Tainan	查某囝
	Taichung	查某囝
	Wuqi	查某囝
	Hsinchu	查某囝
	Taitung	查某囝
	Lukang	查某囝
	Sanxia	查某囝
	Yilan	查某囝
	Kinmen	查某囡仔
	Magong	查某囝
	Penang	查某囝、查某仔
	Singapore	查某囝
	Philippines (Manila)	查某仔
	Pingnan	女
	Chaozhou	走囝
	Shantou	走囝
	Haifeng	查某囝
	Johor Bahru	走囝
	Haikou	查某囝、查囝
Puxian Min	Putian	嬸娘囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	子囝
Pinghua	Nanning	女
Pinghua	Guilin	女
Wu	Shanghai	囡兒、囡 dated、囡兒大細 dated
	Suzhou	囡兒
	Hangzhou	女兒
	Wenzhou	奶兒
	Chongming	丫頭
	Danyang	女兒
	Jinhua	囡兒
	Ningbo	囡
Xiang	Changsha	女、妹子
	Shuangfeng	女
	Loudi	女
	Quanzhou	女崽

Compounds

乖囡
侄囡
侄囡兒／侄囡儿
兆頭囡／兆头囡
囡兒／囡儿
囡兒大細／囡儿大细
囡兒小姐／囡儿小姐
囡囡 (nānnān)

囡大細／囡大细
坐家囡
外甥囡
大細囡／大细囡
女小囡
孫囡／孙囡
孫囡兒／孙囡儿
寶貝囡／宝贝囡

小囡
小小囡
毛頭囡／毛头囡
男小囡
私囡
過房囡兒／过房囡儿
阿囡

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		囡

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵, neoi^5-2, neoi^5-1

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵, neoi^5-2, neoi^5-1
  - Yale: néuih, néui, nēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵, noey^5-2, noey^5-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵, nêu², nêu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³/, /nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/, /nɵy̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Definitions

囡

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 女 (“daughter; girlfriend; (cards) queen”).

Compounds

囡囡 (neoi5-4 neoi5-2)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		囡
alt. forms		囝

Cognate with 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ) and 仔 (á).

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kín / gín / kán

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kín
  - Tâi-lô: kín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kin⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín
  - Tâi-lô: gín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gien
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /gin⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán
  - Tâi-lô: kán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴/

Definitions

囡

Only used in 囡仔.

Compounds

𨑨迌囡仔
囡仔
囡仔人
囡仔兄
囡仔囝
囡仔嬰／囡仔婴
囡仔工
囡仔性

囡仔栽
囡仔款
囡仔歌
囡仔疕
年尾囡仔
抾囡仔
查埔囡仔
查某囡仔

死囡仔
死囡仔䖙
死囡仔脯
猴囡仔
生囡仔
育囡仔
育囡仔歌
騙囡仔／骗囡仔

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
“臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #267”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

囡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: のう (nō)

Kan’on: なん (nan)

Vietnamese

Han character

囡 (niếp)

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References

Nom Foundation

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