# 膣

| 膣 | U+81A3, &#33187; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A3 |
| ← 膢 [U+81A2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 膤 → [U+81A4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

膣 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月十金土 (BJCG), four-corner 7321$_4$, composition ⿰月窒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 993, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29849
* Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2109, character 3
* Unihan data for U+81A3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 窒 (OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ).

### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to ST *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s (WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT) or *s/m-ti (CLITORIS / VAGINA)?”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zat$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
    (Hailu, HRS): zhi$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chi / tit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zi$^1$ / diag$^4$ / diêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zat$^6$
*** Yale: jaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi / tit
*** Tâi-lô: tsi / tit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cy, did
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/, /tit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/, /tit̚³²/
* chi - vernacular;
* tit - literary.
* Middle Chinese: trit, tet
Rime :
| Character | 膣 | 膣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 陟栗切 | 丁結切 |
| Baxter | trit | tet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiɪt̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚit̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiet̚/ | /tɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjit̚/ | /tɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjĕt̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭĕt̚/ | /tiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ĕt̚/ | /tiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhi | die |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zat$^1$ | dit$^3$ |

### Definitions

膣
* (literary) vagina
* (Hakka, Southern Min, vulgar) vulva; female genitalia; cunt (Classifier: 塊／块 mn-t)

#### Synonyms

* (vagina): 陰道／阴道 (yīndào)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 牝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 屄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屄, 水門 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 𫱋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 屄, 閪, 𫱋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 屄, 尿門 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閪, 西 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閪, gap, gap gap, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 屄, 閪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 閪, 屄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 閪, 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 閪兒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 閪 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屄 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 屄 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屄 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 閪屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 膣 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Changting | 膣 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 膣嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 膣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 膣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屄, 屄坨, 膣 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 屄, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屄 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 膣, 屄 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 屄子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 膣屄, 蚶杯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 膣屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 閪 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 膣屄 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 屄 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 屄界 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 㞠屄 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姕髀, 姕 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 屄屄囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老姕 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 屌 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 膣屄, 屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 膣屄, 參屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 膣屄, 蛤婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 膣屄, 田杯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 膣屄, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 膣屄, puki |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 閪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 膣, 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 膣 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 膣, 老膣 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 膣, 膣屄, 膣䫌, 老膣 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 閪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 屄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 屄, 屄屄 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 屄, 凹屄 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 屄, 老屄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屄, 麻屄, 屄屄 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麻屄 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 屄 |
| Note | † - of a girl | † - of a girl |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 膣(ちつ) (chitsu)
* → Korean: 질(膣) (jil)

### Compounds

* 膣屄
* 膣液 (zhìyè)
* 臭膣
* 領奶塊膣 / 领奶块膣

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03698
* “Entry #7568”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
* “膣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “之”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “Entry #11307”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “膣”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 576.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “膣”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 311.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちち (chichi)
* Kan-on: ちつ (chitsu)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 膣
* ちつ Hyōgai
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 腟
From Middle Chinese 膣 (MC trit|tet). Compare modern Cantonese 膣 (zat$^6$).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちつ [chìtsúꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) ちつ [chíꜜtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [t͡ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

### Noun

膣(ちつ) • (chitsu)
* (anatomy) vagina

#### Synonyms

* ワギナ (wagina), バギナ (bagina)

#### Derived terms

* 膣ドカタ

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

膣 (eumhun 보지 질 (boji jil))
* hanja form of 질 (“vagina”)