雌黄

See also: 雌黃

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 雌黄 – see 雌黃 (“gamboge; orpiment”). (This term is the simplified form of 雌黃).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

雌黄

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Orpiment

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
雌	黄
し Grade: S	おう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
雌黃 (kyūjitai)

/siːwau/ → /ɕiːwɔː/ → /ɕiːoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 雌黄 (tsiɛ hwang, literally “female + yellow”), indicating the mineral orpiment, in contrast to 雄黃／雄黄 (hjuwng hwang, literally “male + yellow”), indicating the mineral realgar.

Cognate and homophone of 雄黄 (kini, “realgar”). Only differentiated by spelling.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しおー [shìóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕio̞ː]

Noun

雌(し)黄(おう) • (shiō) ^{←しわう (siwau)^?}

orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral

Usage notes

This is the most common reading for this kanji compound.

Synonyms

石黄(せきおう) (sekiō) (more common)
雄黄(ゆうおう) (yūō) (rare)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
雌	黄
きに
Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
雌黃 (kyūjitai)

Probably from Old Japanese [Term?]. Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “earth, reddish earth”).

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), ultimately from Middle Chinese 雌黃.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲiɲ̟i]

Noun

雌黄(きに) • (kini)

(rare, possibly obsolete) orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral

Synonyms

石黄(せきおう) (sekiō) (more common)

Related terms

雄黄(きに) (kini): realgar, an arsenic sulfide mineral

References

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

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

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