女婿
Chinese
female; woman; daughter | husband; son-in-law | ||
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trad. (女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
simp. #(女婿) | 女 | 婿 | |
alternative forms | 女壻 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 女婿 (“son-in-law”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 丈夫 (“husband”) [map]
Coordinate terms
- 兒媳婦/儿媳妇 (érxífù, “daughter-in-law”)
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 婿 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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女壻 |
/dʲo sei/ → /d͡ʑosei/ → /d͡ʑoseː/
First attested in the mid-Meiji period.[1]
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH), utilizing the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading for both kanji.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 婿 |
にょ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: S |
goon | kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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女壻 |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 女婿 (MC nrjoX sejH), utilizing the uncommon 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading nyo for 女, and the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading sei for 婿.
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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