陰核

See also: 阴核

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)
trad. (陰核)		陰	核
simp. (阴核)		阴	核

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ wat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-hu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinhé
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-ho²
    • Yale: yīn-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inher
    • Palladius: иньхэ (inʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ wat⁶
    • Yale: yām waht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ wat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ wed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ wɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-hu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: im-hu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imhut
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ hut̚⁴/

Noun

陰核

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 陰蒂 (“clitoris”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		璿臺, 俞鼠, 雞舌, 榖實, 臭鼠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰蒂, 陰核
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	陰蒂, 陰核
Cantonese	Hong Kong	陰蒂
Southern Min	Taipei	陰蒂 GT, 陰核 GT, 膣屄穎 GT, 膣屄穎仔 GT, 膣屄蒂 GT, 烏蒂仔 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰核):

• → Japanese: 陰核(いんかく) (inkaku)
• → Korean: 음핵(陰核) (eumhaek)
• → Vietnamese: âm hạch (陰核)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陰	核
へのこ
Grade: S	Grade: S
jukujikun

[penoko] → [ɸenoko] → [henoko] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へ​のこ [héꜜnòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [he̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

陰核(へのこ) • (henoko) 

1. (anatomy) testicles
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 46:

     陰核 食療經云 食蓼及生魚或令陰核疼 陰核　俗云篇乃古 [...] 刑徳放云 丈夫淫亂割其勢 勢即陰核也 [...] 外腎睾丸也 [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (anatomy) a penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎

Synonyms

• 金(きん)玉(たま) (kintama)
• 睾(こう)丸(がん) (kōgan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰	核
いん Grade: S	かく Grade: S
on’yomi

From Chinese 陰核／阴核 (yīnhé).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんかく [ìńkákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ĩŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

陰(いん)核(かく) • (inkaku) 

1. (anatomy) a clitoris

Synonyms

• 雛(ひな)尖(さき) (hinasaki)
• 陰(いん)梃(てい) (intei)
• クリトリス (kuritorisu)
• 栗(くり)ちゃん (kurichan)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	核

Noun

陰核 • (eumhaek) (hangeul 음핵)

1. Hanja form^? of 음핵 (“clitoris”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	核

Noun

陰核

1. chữ Hán form of âm hạch (“clitoris”).