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雌雄

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female heroic; male
simp. and trad.
(雌雄)


BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xióng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷəŋ/
English male

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1721 4140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰe/ /*ɡʷɯŋ/

雌雄

  1. female and male
    雌雄  ―  cíxióng mò biàn  ―  to be unable to tell whether one is female or male
  2. (figurative) victory and defeat
  • (female and male): 公母 (gōngmǔ)
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ゆう
Grade: S
on'yomi

雌()雄(ゆう) (shiyū

  1. male and female