卵

See also: 卯, and 卬

卵 U+5375, 卵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5375 ← 却 [U+5374] CJK Unified Ideographs 卶 → [U+5376]

卵 U+F91C, 卵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91C ← 亂 [U+F91B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 欄 → [U+F91D]

Translingual

Stroke order (Chinese)

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂑卪)

Derived characters

• 孵, 毈, 贕, 𠨫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
• Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5375

• Unihan data for U+F91C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卵
alternative forms		卝 𡖉 𤓲 𠨫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卵
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (卵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卵	*ɡ·roːlʔ, *ɡ·roːnʔ
關	*kroːn
関	*kroːn
聯	*ɡ·ron

Pictogram (象形) – spawn, egg.

Etymology 1

Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row (“egg, nit”) with nominalizing suffix *‑n; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ (sro ma, “egg of a louse, nit, small bubble”) (Benedict, 1976; Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um (“egg”), while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.

Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): luǎn (luan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nuan³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leon² / leon⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lon²

• Gan (Wiktionary): lon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lón

  (Hailu, HRS): lon^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lon³

• Jin (Wiktionary): luan²
• Northern Min (KCR): sō̤ng / lǔing
• Eastern Min (BUC): lâung / luāng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): noe⁵ / ny⁵ / luang³ / luong³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nn̄g / nňg / nūi / loán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lu / ⁶loe / ³lu / ⁴loe / ³lou / ³loe / ⁴lu / ³le / ⁴le / ³luon / ⁴lo / ⁴loen / ⁶lou
  • (Jinhua): ³luan; ³len
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lonn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luǎn
    • Wade–Giles: luan³
    • Yale: lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loan
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nuan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nuan⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon² / leon⁵
    • Yale: léun / léuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen² / loen⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên² / lên⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn³⁵/, /lɵn¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lᵘɔn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lón
    • Hakka Romanization System: lon^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lon³
    • Sinological IPA: /lon³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lon^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /lon²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lon³
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔn³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: luan²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /luæ̃⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sō̤ng / lǔing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔŋ⁵⁵/, /luiŋ²¹/

Note:

• sō̤ng - vernacular;
• lǔing - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâung / luāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑuŋ²⁴²/, /l̃uaŋ³³/

Note:

• lâung - vernacular;
• luāng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: noe⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nø²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ny⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: luang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luaŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: luong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luoŋ³³²/

Note:

• noe5/ny5 - vernacular;
• luang3/luong3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: nn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /nŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /nŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nňg
    • Tâi-lô: nňg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Lukang, Philippines, Jinjiang): /nŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nūi
    • Tâi-lô: nuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nui
    • IPA (Yilan): /nuĩ³³/
    • IPA (Penang): /nui²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nuĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán
    • Tâi-lô: luán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /luan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan⁴¹/

Note:

• nn̄g/nňg/nūi - vernacular;
• loán - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: neng⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ̆ng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu
    • MiniDict: lu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁶loe
    • MiniDict: loe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³loe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lø²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /lø²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /lø¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ³lu
    • MiniDict: 'lu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ʔlu⁴²⁴/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Jiaxing, Haining, Haiyan)
    • Wugniu: ⁴loe
    • MiniDict: loe^上
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /lø²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /lɤə²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /lɤ⁴²/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /lə²³²/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³lou
    • MiniDict: 'lou^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ləu⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³loe
    • MiniDict: 'loe^上
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /lɵ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing, Haining)
    • Wugniu: ⁴lu
    • MiniDict: lu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /lu²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /lu⁴²/
  • (Northern: Tongxiang)
    • Wugniu: ³le
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /lɛ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Haining)
    • Wugniu: ⁴le
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /le⁴²/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³luon
    • MiniDict: 'luon^上
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /luõ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁴lo
    • MiniDict: lo^上
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /lo¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁴loen
    • MiniDict: loeon^上
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /lø̃¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lou
    • MiniDict: lou^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ləu¹¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ³luan; ³len
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /luã⁵³⁵/, /ləŋ⁵³⁵/

Note:

• lu, loe, lo - literary;
• le, loe, loen - vernacular.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lonn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lõ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwanX, lwaX

Rime
Character	卵	卵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧管切	郎果切
Baxter	lwanX	lwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑnX/	/luɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑnX/	/luɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑnX/	/luɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwanX/	/lwaX/
Li Rong	/luɑnX/	/luɑX/
Wang Li	/luɑnX/	/luɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑnX/	/luɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luǎn	luǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun5	lo5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤorʔ/, /*k.rˤorʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roːlʔ/, /*ɡ·roːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卵	卵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luǎn	luǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ lwaX ›	‹ lwanX ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁorʔ/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)	/*k.rˁorʔ/
English	egg	egg
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卵	卵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8639	8643
Phonetic component	卵	卵
Rime group	歌	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	裸	卵
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roːlʔ/	/*ɡ·roːnʔ/

Definitions

卵

1. egg; ovum; roe; spawn
2. (entomology) fertilised egg
4. (regional) testicles
5. (regional) penis; male genitals; scrotum

   • 貪此生涯，卵為蚯蚓所哈（吳俗稱陽曰卵），腫不能便。 [MSC, trad.]
     贪此生涯，卵为蚯蚓所哈（吴俗称阳曰卵），肿不能便。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1808, 沈復 (Shen Fu), 《浮生六記》 (Six Records of a Floating Life), 卷二 閒情記趣 (Chapter 2: The Little Pleasures of Life)

     Tān cǐ shēngyá, luǎn wéi qiūyǐn suǒ hā (Wú súchēng yáng yuē luǎn) , zhǒng bùnéng biàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (egg):

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		卵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋, 卵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛋, 子兒
	Taiwan	蛋
	Malaysia	蛋
	Singapore	蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蛋
	Xuzhou	蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蛋
	Wuhan	蛋
	Guiyang	蛋
	Guilin	蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蛋
	Hefei	蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋, 春
	Hong Kong	蛋, 春
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	春
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	春
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	春
	Macau	蛋, 春
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	春, 蛋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	春
	Foshan	春, 蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	春
	Foshan (Shunde)	春
	Foshan (Sanshui)	春
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	春
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	春
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	春
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	春
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蛋
	Taishan	蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	蛋
	Dongguan	春
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	春
	Yangjiang	蛋, 春
	Nanning	蛋
	Wuzhou	蛋
	Yulin	蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蛋
	Beihai	蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蛋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蛋
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蛋
	Móng Cái	蛋
Gan	Nanchang	蛋
	Lichuan	蛋
	Pingxiang	架架
	Jianning	蛋
	Taining	卵
Hakka	Meixian	卵, 春, 蛋
	Xingning	春
	Dabu (Xihe)	春
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	春
	Huiyang	春
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	春
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	春
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	春
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	春
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	春
	Wuhua (Changbu)	春
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	春
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	春
	Wengyuan	春
	Liannan	春
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	春
	Jiexi	卵
	Luhe	卵
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	卵
	Changting	蛋
	Wuping	蛋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蛋
	Liancheng	卵
	Ninghua	蛋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蛋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蛋
	Dayu	蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵, 春
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	卵, 春
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵, 春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	卵, 春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	卵, 春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	卵
	Hong Kong	春, 蛋
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	春
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	春
	Xinyi (Sihe)	春
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蛋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	春
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蛋
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蛋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蛋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蛋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	春
	Luchuan	蛋
	Sabah (Longchuan)	春
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	春
	Senai (Huiyang)	春
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	春
	Singkawang	春
Jin	Taiyuan	蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵
	Songxi	卵
	Zhenghe	卵
	Jianyang	卵
	Wuyishan	卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	卵
	Lianjiang	卵
	Fuqing	卵
	Pingtan	卵
	Yongtai	卵
	Minqing	卵
	Gutian	卵
	Pingnan	卵
	Luoyuan	卵
	Fu'an	卵
	Ningde	卵
	Xiapu	卵
	Zherong	卵
	Shouning	卵
	Zhouning	卵
	Fuding	卵
	Matsu	卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	卵
	Quanzhou	卵
	Jinjiang	卵
	Nan'an	卵
	Shishi	卵
	Hui'an	卵
	Anxi	卵
	Yongchun	卵
	Dehua	卵
	Zhangzhou	卵
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	卵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	卵
	Hua'an	卵
	Nanjing	卵
	Pinghe	卵
	Zhangpu	卵
	Yunxiao	卵
	Zhao'an	卵
	Dongshan	卵
	Taipei	卵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	卵
	Kaohsiung	卵
	Yilan	卵
	Changhua (Lukang)	卵
	Taichung	卵
	Taichung (Wuqi)	卵
	Tainan	卵
	Taitung	卵
	Hsinchu	卵
	Kinmen	卵
	Penghu (Magong)	卵
	Penang (Hokkien)	卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	卵
	Longyan	卵
	Zhangping	卵
	Datian	卵
	Chaozhou	卵
	Shantou	卵
	Shantou (Chenghai)	卵
	Jieyang	卵
	Haifeng	卵
	Bangkok (Teochew)	卵
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	卵
	Leizhou	卵
	Wenchang	卵
	Haikou	卵
	Singapore (Hainanese)	卵
Puxian Min	Putian	卵
	Xianyou	卵
Central Min	Yong'an	卵
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	卵
	Sanming (Shaxian)	卵
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	卵
	Guangze	卵
	Jiangle	卵
	Mingxi	卵
	Shunchang	卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	春
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋
	Suzhou	蛋
	Danyang	蛋
	Ningbo	蛋
	Wenzhou	卵
	Jinhua	卵
Xiang	Changsha	蛋
	Shuangfeng	蛋

Dialectal synonyms of 卵 (“egg (of a fish)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		卵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	子兒, 子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	子兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蛋, 蛋兒
	Wuhan	子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	子
	Hefei	子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	卵
	Hong Kong	卵
	Yangjiang	膥
Gan	Nanchang	子
Hakka	Meixian	卵
Jin	Taiyuan	蛋, 子兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵, 子
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵
	Chaozhou	卵
Wu	Shanghai	子
	Suzhou	子
	Wenzhou	子, 卵
Xiang	Changsha	子
	Shuangfeng	蛋, 子

• (testicle):

Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睪丸, 精巢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
	Taiwan	蛋蛋
	Harbin	卵子兒
	Singapore	球
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	球蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋子兒, 蛋
	Wanrong	子
	Xi'an	蛋子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	卵子
	Lanzhou	脬子兒, 腎
	Ürümqi	脬卵子, 卵子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
	Wuhan	卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
	Guiyang	卵蛋
	Liuzhou	卵考子, 考子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	卵子
	Yangzhou	卵蛋, 卵子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	春子
	Hong Kong	春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	核
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	核春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	核仁
	Kaiping (Chikan)	春牯
	Dongguan	春核
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	卵子
	Hepu (Shatian)	卵脬仁
	Guiping	核子
	Guiping (Mule)	𨳍卵
	Pingnan	核卵
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	核仔
	Guigang (Pingdong)	核仁
	Beihai	卵仁
	Beihai (Nankang)	卵仁
	Beihai (Yingpan)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	卵核
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	卵核
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	春仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	卵
	Móng Cái	卵核
Gan	Lichuan	順子
	Pingxiang	卵坨子
Hakka	Meixian	核卵
	Xingning	核卵
	Dabu (Xihe)	核卵仁
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	核卵
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	核卵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	核卵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	核卵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	核卵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	核卵
	Jiexi	核卵
	Changting	卵子
	Longyan (Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	核卵仁
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	核卵
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	核卵
	Liancheng (Peitian)	卵子
	Liancheng (Juxi)	核卵
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	核卵
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	核卵
	Yudu	卵子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	核卵仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	核卵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	核卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	核卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	核卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	核卵
	Hong Kong	核卵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	核卵
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	核卵仁
	Senai (Huiyang)	核
	Singkawang	核卵
	Bangkok (Meixian)	核卵
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	核卵
Huizhou	Jixi	卵子
Jin	Pingyao	堆兒, 蛋
	Xinzhou	蛋籽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𡳞核子, 𡳞核
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𡳞核子
	Fuqing	𡳞核子
	Yongtai	𡳞脬子
	Gutian	𡳞核子
	Fu'an	𡳞脬子
	Ningde	𡳞脬子
	Shouning	𡳞脬子
	Zhouning	尿脬子
	Fuding	卵脬子
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞核, 腎子
	Quanzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Jinjiang	𡳞核
	Yongchun	𡳞核, 𡳞核子
	Zhangzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Zhao'an	𡳞核
	Taipei	𡳞核
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞脬核仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞核
	Yilan	𡳞核
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞核仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Taichung	𡳞核仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞核
	Tainan	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞核
	Taitung	𡳞核仔
	Hsinchu	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kinmen	𡳞核
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞核
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞核
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞核
	Chaozhou	核
	Shantou	𡳞核
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞核
	Jieyang	𡳞核, 𡳞仁
	Haifeng	𡳞脬核
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𡳞核
	Leizhou	𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
	Wenchang	𡳞仁
	Haikou	𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞核
Central Min	Sanming (Sanyuan)	石核
	Sanming (Shaxian)	尿脬核
Shaojiang Min	Mingxi	腎肚子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	卵子
Wu	Shanghai	卵子
	Suzhou	卵子
	Danyang	卵脬黃, 卵子黃
	Hangzhou	卵子
	Ningbo	卵黃, 卵袋黃
	Wenzhou	卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
	Jinhua	老核子
Xiang	Loudi	考子, 卵子
	Hengyang	睪子

• (penis):

Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰莖, 陽具, 男根
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	雞巴, 卵子, 家伙, 帽兒, 大帽兒, 雀子 †, 小雞兒 †, 小蟲兒 †
	Taiwan	雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 †
	Harbin	雞巴, 雞巴嘚兒, 雞巴頭子, 嘚兒, 牛子, 老二, 二哥, 腿兒, 牛牛兒 †, 小牛子 †, 家雀兒 †
	Singapore	小鳥 †
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屌, 小雞兒 †, 小雞雞 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鴨子, 雞子, 雞巴, 屌, 小鴨兒 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雞巴, 屌, 膀, 雞巴兒 †, 小雞兒雞兒 †
	Wanrong	鴨子, 鴨兒 †
	Xi'an	㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 †
	Xining	雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 †
	Xuzhou	屌, 雞巴, 雞尜尜, 屌頭子, 老二, 二哥, 一家人兒, 打種的 dated, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 尜尜 †, 小老雀兒 †, 老雀兒 †
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	㞗
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 †
	Lanzhou	㞗, 牛牛子 †
	Ürümqi	㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錘子, 雞巴, 雞棍兒, 雞兒, 雀雀兒, 雀雀, 麻雀兒, 毛鰱魚, 老二, 㞗, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 小麻雀兒 †, 小雀雀兒 †
	Chongqing	錘子, 卵, 鷄兒, 鴨兒, 雀雀兒, 鷄巴, 㞗, 牙刷兒
	Wuhan	鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 †
	Guiyang	雞巴, 大雞巴, 乾雞巴, 馬雞巴, 卵子, 㞗, 屌, 下二哥, 二哥, 甩甩, 錘錘 dated, 錘子 dated, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 麻雀 †, 小麻雀 †, 雀雀 †
	Liuzhou	鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 †
	Yangzhou	雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 †
	Nantong	屌兒, 屌
	Hefei	屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 †
	Huanggang	卵, 雞巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 小便, 祠堂, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 鳩脧 †, 脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
	Hong Kong	鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 周, 周周, 雀, 弟弟, 細佬, 何B仔, 子孫根, 祠堂, 第三隻腳, 第五肢, 是非根, J slang, 丁 slang, 丁丁 slang, 腸 slang, 腸仔 slang, 嘢 euphemistic, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 脧脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𡳞, 鵝仔 †
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鵝仔, 𡳞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	𡳞, 𡳞仔 †
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𡳞
	Macau	鳩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鳩, 𨳍
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鳩
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鳩
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鳩
	Foshan	鳩
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鳩
	Foshan (Shunde)	鳩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鳩, 𨳍
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鳩
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鳩, 𨳍
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	𨳍
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鳩脧, 𨳍
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	𨳍, 鳩
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雀, 𡳞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	𡳞, 鳩
	Taishan	𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 †
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𡳞, 𨳍
	Enping (Niujiang)	𡳞, 𨳍
	Heshan (Yayao)	𨳍
	Dongguan	𡳞, 鵝必 †
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	𡳞
	Qingyuan	鳩
	Fogang	𨳍
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鳩
	Yangshan	巧
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	巧
	Shaoguan	𨳍
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鳩
	Renhua	𡳞子
	Lechang	雞巴, 𨳍
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鳩
	Sihui	巧, 鳩, 𨳍
	Guangning	巧
	Deqing	屌, 𨳍
	Huaiji	鳩
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鳩
	Yunfu	𨳍
	Xinxing	𨳍
	Luoding	𨳍
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鳩
	Yangjiang	鳩, 𨳍
	Xinyi	𨳍
	Nanning	𨳍
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鳩脧
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	屌, 𨳍, 𡳞, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓周, 慈姑椗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	賓周
Gan	Nanchang	卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 †
	Lichuan	卵, 老二
	Pingxiang	卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 †
Hakka	Meixian	𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 †
	Xingning	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 †
	Huidong (Daling)	𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	脧
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	脧
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	𡳞, 脧
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𨳍
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍
	Wuhua (Changbu)	脧
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	𡳞
	Wengyuan	𡳞子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𡳞棍
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𡳞棍, 脧
	Liannan	脧子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	𨳍
	Jiexi	脧
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	𡳞
	Changting	𡳞子, 𡳞
	Wuping	𡳞
	Wuping (Yanqian)	𡳞子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𡳞
	Liancheng	𡳞, 脧
	Ninghua	脧
	Yudu	卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 †
	Ningdu	卵
	Ruijin	卵陀
	Shicheng	卵梗
	Shangyou (Shexi)	卵
	Tonggu (Sandu)	卵子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	卵
	Dayu	卵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𡳞, 脧, 脧仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	脧仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	脧仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	𡳞, 脧仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𡳞棍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𡳞棍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	脧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	脧子
	Hong Kong	𡳞, 脧 †
	Mengshan (Xihe)	𡳞
	Luchuan	脧
	Sabah (Bao'an)	𡳞棍, 𡳞
	Sabah (Longchuan)	脧仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	𡳞棍
	Singkawang	脧
Huizhou	Jixi	鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥
	Shexian	鳥
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	雞兒, 鳥兒
	Xiuning	鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic
	Yixian	卵
	Qimen	屌兒
	Wuyuan	菩蒂
Jin	Taiyuan	㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 †
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	雞巴, 㞗
	Pingyao	㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 †
	Xinzhou	㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult
	Shenmu	㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 †
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	𫵓
	Songxi	𫵓
	Zhenghe	𫵓
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	𫵓牯
	Jianyang	𫵓
	Wuyishan	脧
	Pucheng (Shibei)	脧
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 †
	Fuzhou (Changle)	欛欛囝
	Fuqing	䐯, 鳥 †
	Yongtai	䐯鳥
	Gutian	䐯鳥
	Fu'an	䐯鳥
	Ningde	䐯
	Shouning	䐯鳥
	Zhouning	䐯鳥
	Fuding	䐯䐯, 䐯鳥
	Matsu	欛欛
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𡳞鳥
	Quanzhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Jinjiang	𡳞鳥
	Anxi	𡳞鳥
	Yongchun	𡳞鳥
	Zhangzhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Zhangpu	𡳞
	Zhao'an	𡳞鳥
	Dongshan	𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 †
	Taipei	𡳞鳥
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞鳥
	Yilan	𡳞鳥
	Yilan (Luodong)	𡳞鳥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞鳥
	Taichung	𡳞鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞鳥
	Tainan	𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞鳥
	Taitung	𡳞鳥
	Hsinchu	𡳞鳥
	Kinmen	𡳞鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	𡳞, 𡳞公仔 †
	Datian	𡳞鳥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鳩
	Chaozhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Raoping	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Shantou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	𡳞鳥
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞
	Jieyang	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 †
	Haifeng	𡳞鳥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	𡳞
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𡳞
	Singapore (Teochew)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Leizhou	𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄
	Wenchang	頹
	Haikou	頹, 鳥 †
Puxian Min	Putian	𡳞, 𡳞囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	𡳞, 𡳞囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou (Fengting)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou (Youyang)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Central Min	Yong'an	脧
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	脧
	Sanming (Shaxian)	脧仔
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	卵, 卵脬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	𨳍, 麻鳥, 二老弟, 慈姑椗 †
Shehua	Fu'an	𡳞仔
	Fuding	𡳞仔
	Luoyuan	𡳞仔
	Sanming	𡳞仔
	Shunchang	𡳞仔
	Hua'an	𡳞仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	𡳞仔
	Cangnan	𡳞仔
	Jingning (Hexi)	𡳞
	Lishui	𡳞
	Longyou	𡳞鳥
	Chaozhou	𡳞仔
	Fengshun	𡳞仔
Wu	Shanghai	卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 †
	Shanghai (Chongming)	卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 †
	Suzhou	卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 †
	Wuxi	卵
	Danyang	卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 †
	Hangzhou	雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 †
	Ningbo	卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 †
	Wenzhou	頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 †
	Jinhua	老八兒, 聊子, 雀, 雞巴, 八兒八兒 †
Xiang	Changsha	卵, 雞巴, 掉它, 太鬍子, 雞雞 †, 鳥鳥 †, 鳥 †, 梗梗 †
	Loudi	雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 †
	Shuangfeng	卵子, 雞蓀子 †
	Quanzhou	屌把
Note	† - of a boy

Compounds

• 不麛不卵
• 丸卵
• 乳卵
• 事危累卵
• 以卵投石 (yǐluǎntóushí)
• 以卵擊石／以卵击石 (yǐluǎnjíshí)
• 以卵敵石／以卵敌石
• 以石投卵
• 以碫投卵
• 伏卵
• 剖卵
• 危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)
• 危於累卵／危于累卵
• 卵危
• 卵囊
• 卵囊球
• 卵圓／卵圆 (luǎnyuán)
• 卵圓形／卵圆形
• 卵圓窗／卵圆窗
• 卵塔
• 卵塊／卵块
• 卵子
• 卵子移植
• 卵孔
• 卵巢 (luǎncháo)
• 卵巢囊腫／卵巢囊肿 (luǎncháo nángzhǒng)
• 卵巢炎 (luǎncháoyán)
• 卵巢癌 (luǎncháo'ái)
• 卵巢窩／卵巢窝
• 卵幕杯
• 卵彈琴／卵弹琴
• 卵形 (luǎnxíng)
• 卵息
• 卵核
• 卵模
• 卵母細胞／卵母细胞 (luǎnmǔxìbāo)
• 卵民
• 卵泡
• 卵清 (luǎnqīng)
• 卵生 (luǎnshēng)
• 卵用雞／卵用鸡 (luǎnyòngjī)
• 卵白 (luǎnbái)
• 卵石 (luǎnshí)
• 卵硯／卵砚
• 卵磷脂 (luǎnlínzhī)
• 卵精巢
• 卵細胞／卵细胞
• 卵翼 (luǎnyì)
• 卵翼之恩
• 卵育
• 卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)
• 卵脬
• 卵與石鬥／卵与石斗
• 卵色
• 卵蒜 (luǎnsuàn)
• 卵袋
• 卵裂 (luǎnliè)
• 卵鳥／卵鸟
• 卵鹽／卵盐
• 卵黃／卵黄 (luǎnhuáng)
• 卵黃囊／卵黄囊 (luǎnhuángnáng)
• 卵黃管／卵黄管
• 卵黃腺／卵黄腺
• 受精卵 (shòujīngluǎn)
• 同卵 (tóngluǎn)
• 同卵雙生／同卵双生
• 呵卵
• 呵卵脬
• 呵脬捧卵
• 土卵
• 壓卵／压卵
• 如山壓卵／如山压卵
• 孵卵器 (fūluǎnqì)
• 孵卵機／孵卵机
• 完卵
• 巢傾卵破／巢倾卵破
• 巢毀卵破／巢毁卵破
• 投卵
• 投卵擊石／投卵击石
• 抱卵 (bàoluǎn)
• 排卵 (páiluǎn)
• 排卵期 (páiluǎnqī)
• 排山壓卵／排山压卵
• 椎卵
• 殺雞取卵／杀鸡取卵 (shājīqǔluǎn)
• 河卵石
• 泰山壓卵／泰山压卵
• 燕卵
• 玉卵
• 產卵／产卵 (chǎnluǎn)
• 異卵／异卵 (yìluǎn)
• 畫卵／画卵
• 畫卵雕薪／画卵雕薪
• 石卵 (shíluǎn)
• 破卵傾巢／破卵倾巢
• 破巢完卵
• 破巢餘卵／破巢余卵
• 禁麛卵
• 累卵 (lěiluǎn)
• 累卵之危
• 纍卵／累卵
• 翼卵
• 胎卵
• 若卵投石
• 蟻卵／蚁卵
• 覆卵
• 覆巢之下無完卵／覆巢之下无完卵 (fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn)
• 覆巢傾卵／覆巢倾卵
• 覆巢毀卵／覆巢毁卵
• 覆巢破卵
• 赤眼卵蜂
• 赬卵／赪卵
• 赬虯卵／赪虬卵
• 輸卵管／输卵管 (shūluǎnguǎn)
• 遺卵／遗卵
• 重卵
• 陰卵／阴卵 (yīnluǎn)
• 雕卵
• 雞卵／鸡卵 (jīluǎn)
• 魚卵／鱼卵 (yúluǎn)
• 鳥卵／鸟卵 (niǎoluǎn)
• 鴨卵／鸭卵 (yāluǎn)
• 鵠卵／鹄卵
• 鵝卵石／鹅卵石 (éluǎnshí)
• 鶴卵／鹤卵
• 鹹鴨卵／咸鸭卵 (xiányāluǎn)
• 麑卵
• 麛卵
• 龍卵／龙卵

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 𡳞 (“male genitalia; penis; dick; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𡳞).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 鯤 (“fish roe”). (This character is an obsolete form of 鯤).

Compounds

• 卵醬／卵酱 (kūnjiàng)

 

References

• “卵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00453
• “Entry #2967”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

FWOTD – 16 February 2021

Kanji

卵

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. an egg

Readings

• Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
• Kun: たまご (tamago, 卵, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 卵(たまご)焼(やき) (tamagoyaki), 卵(たまご)焼(や)き (tamagoyaki): omelet, fried eggs
• 梵(ぼん)卵(らん) (bonran): world egg
• 卵(らん)黄(おう) (ran'ō): yolk
• 卵(らん)殻(かく) (rankaku): eggshell
• 卵(らん)子(し) (ranshi): ovum
• 卵(らん)生(せい) (ransei): oviparity
• 卵(らん)巣(そう) (ransō): ovary
• 卵(らん)白(ぱく) (ranpaku): albumen

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
卵
たまご Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
玉子

卵 (tamago): a selection of different eggs.

From 玉 (tama, “ball”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child, small thing”). The ko reading for 子 changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たまご [tàmáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) たまご [tàmágó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠ɡo̞]

• (Kyoto) たま​ご [tàmáꜜgò] (Teiki)

• (Kyoto) た​まご [táꜜmàgò] (Kōki)

Noun

卵(たまご) • (tamago) 

1. an egg, including fish roe
   • 1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ”, in Vol.5, Konami:

     たまごのカラに身(み)を包(つつ)む天(てん)使(し)。大(おお)きな羽(はね)で攻(こう)撃(げき)を防(ふせ)ぐ。

     Tamago no kara ni mi o tsutsumu tenshi. Ōki na hane de kōgeki o fusegu.

     An angel sheltered inside an eggshell. It fends off attacks with its massive wings.

   • 2000 July 13, “ドラゴン・エッガー”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

     卵(たまご)のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子(こ)供(ども)と間(ま)違(ちが)えると痛(いた)い目(め)にあうぞ！

     Tamago no kara o kabutte iru doragon. Kodomo to machigaeru to itaime ni au zo!

     A dragon who shelters in an eggshell. Never mistake him for a literal baby!

   • 2003 July 17, “ジェノサイドキングサーモン”, in 暗黒の侵略者, Konami:

     暗(あん)黒(こく)海(かい)の主(ぬし)として恐(おそ)れられている巨(きょ)大(だい)なシャケ。その卵(たまご)は暗(あん)黒(こく)界(かい)一(いち)の美(び)味(み)として知(し)られている。

     Ankokukai no nushi to shite osorerarete iru kyodai na shake. Sono tamago wa Ankokukaīchi no bimi to shiteshirarete iru.

     A giant salmon worst feared in the Dark Sea. Its roe is best known as the ultimate delicacy of the Dark World.

2. the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
3. a beginner or rookie at something
   • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “山(やま)寺(でら)グラフィティ”, in 宇宙船製造法 (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 106:

     ぼく、加(か)藤(とう)広(ひろ)康(やす)。イラストレーターの卵(たまご)。

     Boku, Katō Hiroyasu. Irasutorētā no tamago.

     My name’s Katō Hiroyasu. I’m a rookie illustrator.

Usage notes

This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg, indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms, and an egg as used in cooking. For the more specific biological sense of ovum, see 卵子 (ranshi).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
卵
らん Grade: 6
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 卵 (MC lwanX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らん [ráꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɴ]

• (Kyoto) ら​ん [ráꜜǹ] (Kōki)

Noun

卵(らん) • (ran) 

1. an ovum

Korean

Hanja

卵 (eumhun 알 란 (al ran), word-initial (South Korea) 알 난 (al nan))

1. hanja form^? of 란/난 (“ovum”)

Vietnamese

Han character

卵: Hán Nôm readings: noãn, loãn

1. chữ Hán form of noãn (“botanical ovule”).

Yonaguni

Kanji

卵

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: かいく゚ (kai'ngu, 卵)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaiŋu/

Noun

卵(かいく゚) (kai'ngu) 

1. egg