雫

雫 U+96EB, 雫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EB ← 雪 [U+96EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 雬 → [U+96EC]

Translingual

Han character

雫 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一卜 (MBMY), composition ⿱雨下)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1371, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42219
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 6
• Unihan data for U+96EB

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		雫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎ, nuán (na³, nuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ, ㄋㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎ
    • Wade–Giles: na³
    • Yale: nǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naa
    • Palladius: на (na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuán
    • Wade–Giles: nuan²
    • Yale: nwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuan
    • Palladius: нуань (nuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯än³⁵/

Definitions

雫

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Usage notes

• Appears only in the Longkan Shoujian.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 霞 (叚 → 下).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 下.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 雫 – see 霞 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 霞).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		雫

Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雫 (shizuku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Definitions

雫

1. a drop of water. Usually used in Japanese female names.

Japanese

See also 滴

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 雨 (“rain”) + 下 (“to drop”).

Kanji

雫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. raindrop

Readings

• Go-on: な (na)
• Kan-on: だ (da); だん (dan)
• Kun: しずく (shizuku, 雫)^{←しづく (siduku, 雫, historical)}

Noun

Kanji in this term
雫
しずく Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

雫(しずく) • (shizuku) ^{←しづく (siduku)?}

1. Alternative form of 滴

Derived terms

• 雨(あめ)雫(しずく) (ameshizuku)
• 末(すえ)の露(つゆ)、本(もと)の雫(しずく) (sue no tsuyu, moto no shizuku)

Proper noun

雫(しずく) • (Shizuku) 

1. a surname