雄

雄 (radical 172, 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大戈人土 (KIOG), four-corner 4001₄, composition ⿰厷隹)

• 𨗑, 𩀳

• KangXi: page 1365, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41972
• Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4093, character 3
• Unihan data for U+96C4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷɯŋ) : phonetic 厷 (OC *kʷɯːŋ) + semantic 隹.

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gaŋ (“penis, male”) (STEDT), cognate with Karbi chò-kàng (“penis”), Garo ri-gong (“penis”), Lepcha [script needed] (sun̊-gan̊, “penis”), Pattani gàŋ mì (“male”).

However, Zev Handel doubts the Old Chinese word's cognate status, as "OC labialized initial plus schwa vocalism would normally correspond to a rounded vowel in PTB".

雄

1. (usually of animals) male
2. masculine; powerful; grand
3. powerful or influential person or state

• Commonly used for animals to mean “male” in academic contexts, less commonly used in non-academic contexts (use 公 instead), and not used for humans (use 男 instead). For example:

  雄雞 / 雄鸡  ―  xióngjī  ―  cock

  雄牛  ―  xióngniú  ―  bull

• 雌 (cí, “female”)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: う (u); ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
• Kun: お (o, 雄, Jōyō); おす (osu, 雄, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かつ (katsu); たけ (take); つよし (tsuyoshi); ゆ (yu); よう (yō)

From Middle Chinese 雄 (hjuwng, “male”).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ゆ​う [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː]

雄 (hiragana ゆう, rōmaji yū)

1. male
2. something or someone excellent (male)

   一 (いっ)世 (せい)の雄 (ゆう)

   issei no yū

   one of the greatest men of his generation

/wo/ → /o/

From Old Japanese. Persists in compounds, such as the first element o- in the modern Japanese term 男 (otoko, “man”).[2][1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) お​ [óꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞]

• 男, 牡, 夫

雄 (hiragana お, rōmaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. (obsolete in isolation) man, male
   • 711–712, Kojiki (上巻 [Kamitsumaki])

     汝 (な)こそは遠 (を)にいませば

     na koso wa o ni imaseba

     As you yourself be male / a man...

2. (obsolete) husband
   • 711–712, Kojiki (上巻 [Kamitsumaki])

     吾 (わ)はもよ女 (め)にしあれば汝 (な)を除 (き)て男 (を)は無 (な)し汝 (な)を除 (き)て夫 (つま)は無 (な)し

     wa wa moyo me ni shiareba na o kite o wa nashi na o kite tsuma wa nashi

     As I am a woman, without you, there are no husbands. Without you, there are no wives...

3. something large, powerful, or otherwise masculine

   雄 (お)叫 (たけ)び／雄 (お)滝 (だき)／大 (ますら)夫 (お)

   otakebi/odaki/masurao

   a war cry / the larger of two waterfalls / manliness

4. yang (as opposed to yin)

   女 (め)男 (お)、陰 (め)陽 (お)

   meo, meo

   yin-yang (two different kanji spellings, same reading and derivation)

• Not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

• 雌 (め) (me): woman, female

/wosu/ → /osu/

Compound of 雄 (o, “male”) +‎ す (su), but the derivation of the su element is unknown.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おす​ [òsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞sɨᵝ]

• 牡

雄 (hiragana おす, katakana オス, rōmaji osu, historical hiragana をす)

1. male

• This is the most common reading of this term in modern Japanese when used as a standalone noun.
• Only used to refer to non-human male organisms.
• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as オス.

• (human male): 男 (だん)性 (せい) (dansei)

• (non-human female): 雌 (めす) (mesu), メス (mesu)
• (human female): 女 (じょ)性 (せい) (josei)

/won/ → /on/

Compound of 雄 (o, “male”) +‎ ん (n). The latter -n element might be a contraction of the possessive particle の (no).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おん​ [òńꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [õ̞ɴ]

• 牡

雄 (hiragana おん, rōmaji on, historical hiragana をん)

1. male

• Not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

雄 • (ung) (hangeul 웅, revised ung, McCune–Reischauer ung, Yale wung)

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雄 (hùng)

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