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

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

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

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

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”).^[1]

Kanji

雫

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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)^?}

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)

a surname
a female given name

References

^ “雫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[1] “雫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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