shēng
sister's child
Phonosemantic compound. 男 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 甥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
sister's son | ||
sister's daughter | ||
nephew | ||
niece (sister's daughter) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.reŋ | sraeng | shēng | SiSo or SiDa; DaHu |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.7780% of movies
2931st most common character in movies
3809th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7525 |
Shuowen | “甥，謂我（舅）者，吾謂之甥也。从男，生聲。” |
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