子宮

See also: 子宫

Chinese

Etymology 1

 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)
simp. (子宫)
Literally: “palace for the child”.

Attested in 千金翼方 [c. 682] by Tang dynasty physician Sun Simiao.

Pronunciation


Noun

子宮

  1. womb; uterus
    子宮穿孔子宫穿孔   zǐgōng chuānkǒng   uterine perforation
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (子宮):

Etymology 2

 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)
simp. (子宫)
Literally: “the first astrological sign”.

Pronunciation


Noun

子宮

  1. (obsolete) Aquarius

See also

  • 十二宮十二宫 (shí'èrgōng)
  • 丑宮丑宫; 寅宮寅宫; 卯宮卯宫; 辰宮辰宫; 巳宮巳宫; 午宮午宫; 未宮未宫; 申宮申宫; 酉宮酉宫; 戌宮戌宫; 亥宮亥宫

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 子宮子宫 (zǐgōng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きゅう [shìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥kʲɨᵝː]

Noun

()(きゅう) • (shikyū) 

  1. womb; uterus

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

子宮 • (jagung or McCune-Reischauer: chagung or Yale: cakwung) (hangeul 자궁)

  1. Hanja form? of 자궁 (womb).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

子宮

  1. chữ Hán form of tử cung (womb; uterus).
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