# 卵

| 卵 | U+5375, &#21365; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5375 |
| ← 却 [U+5374] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 卶 → [U+5376] |
| 卵 | U+F91C, &#63772; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91C |
| ← 亂 [U+F91B] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 欄 → [U+F91D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 7772$_0$, composition ⿰𠂑卪)

#### Derived characters

* 𰇬, 𰆔, 𧸷, 𠷞, 𱑚, 𬪁, 孵, 𫧿, 毈, 𮬺, 贕
* 㤻, 𫧼, 𫧾, 𱑛, 𣫘, 𠨫, 㲉, 𪇄, 𬸬, 𱤦

#### 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

* 卵 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 卵 (Cantonese)
* 卵 (Gan)
* Nn̄g (Southern Min)
* 卵 (Wu)

### 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 |
| | 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 (luan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nuan$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leon$^2$ / leon$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lon$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lón
    (Hailu, HRS): lon$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lon$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): luan$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sō̤ng / lǔing
* Eastern Min (BUC): lâung / luāng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): noe$^5$ / ny$^5$ / luang$^3$ / luong$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nn̄g / nňg / nūi / loán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): neng$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): nui$^6$ / nuang$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$lu / $^6$loe / $^3$lu / $^4$loe / $^3$lou / $^3$loe / $^4$lu / $^3$le / $^4$le / $^3$luon / $^4$lo / $^4$loen / $^6$lou
** (Jinhua): $^3$luan; $^3$len
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lonn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luǎn
*** Wade–Giles: luan$^3$
*** Yale: lwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loan
*** Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯än²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nuan$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luan
*** Sinological IPA : /nuan⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leon$^2$ / leon$^5$
*** Yale: léun / léuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^2$ / loen$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^2$ / lên$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn³⁵/, /lɵn¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /lᵘɔn⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lón
*** Hakka Romanization System: lon$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /lon³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lon$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /lon²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /lɔn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: luan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /luæ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sō̤ng / lǔing
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔŋ⁵⁵/, /luiŋ²¹/
* sō̤ng - vernacular;
* lǔing - literary.
* 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 | /luɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwan$^X$/ | /lwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /luɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /luɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luɑn$^X$/ | /luɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | luǎn | luǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lyun$^5$ | lo$^5$ |
* 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 | ‹ lwa$^X$ › | ‹ lwan$^X$ › |
| 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
* egg; ovum; roe; spawn
* (entomology) fertilised egg
* (regional) testicles
* (regional) penis; male genitals; scrotum
    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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 卵 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛋, 卵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛋, 子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 春, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 春, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 春 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蛋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 架架 |
| Gan | Jianning | 蛋 |
| Gan | Taining | 卵 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卵, 春, 蛋 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 春 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 春 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 春 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 春 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 春 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 春 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 春 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 卵 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 卵 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 卵 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 春, 蛋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 春 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 春 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 春 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 春 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 春 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 春 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 春 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 春 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 卵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 卵 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 卵 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 卵 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 春 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 卵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蛋 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 卵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 卵 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 卵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 子, 卵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蛋, 子 |
* (testicle):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 外腎, 腎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睪丸, 精巢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 卵子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 球 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 球蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛋子兒, 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛋子兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 卵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 脬子兒, 腎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脬卵子, 卵子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 卵蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 卵考子, 考子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 卵子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 卵蛋, 卵子子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 春子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 核 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 核春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 春牯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 春核 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 卵子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 卵脬仁 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 核子 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 𨳍卵 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 核卵 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 核仔 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 春仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 卵 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 卵核 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 順子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 卵坨子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 核卵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 核 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 核卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 卵子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 堆兒, 蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛋籽子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𡳞核子, 𡳞核 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 尿脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 卵脬子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𡳞核, 𡳞核子 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 𡳞脬核仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𡳞核, 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𡳞脬核 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 𡳞脬仁 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 𡳞核 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 𡳞核 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𡳞核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 石核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 尿脬核 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 腎肚子 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 卵子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 卵子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 卵脬黃, 卵子黃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卵黃, 卵袋黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老核子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 卵核 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 考子, 卵子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 睪子 |
* (penis):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鴨子, 鴨兒 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | 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 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 㞗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 㞗, 牛牛子 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 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 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 錘子, 卵, 鷄兒, 鴨兒, 雀雀兒, 鷄巴, 㞗, 牙刷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | 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 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 屌兒, 屌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | 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 † |
| Cantonese | 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 † |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 𡳞, 鵝仔 † |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 鵝仔, 𡳞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 𡳞, 𡳞仔 † |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 𡳞 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鳩脧, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 𨳍, 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 雀, 𡳞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 𡳞, 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 † |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𡳞, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𡳞, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 𡳞, 鵝必 † |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 𡳞 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 巧 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 巧 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 𡳞子 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 雞巴, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 巧, 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 巧 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 屌, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 鳩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鳩脧 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 屌, 𨳍, 𡳞, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓周, 慈姑椗 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 賓周 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 卵, 老二 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 † |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 † |
| Hakka | Xingning | 脧哩, 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 † |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 𡳞棍, 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 脧 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 脧 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 𡳞, 脧 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 𨳍 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 脧哩, 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 脧 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 脧哩, 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 𡳞子 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 𡳞棍, 脧 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 脧子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 𨳍 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 脧 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𡳞子, 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 𡳞子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 𡳞, 脧 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 脧 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 † |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 卵 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 卵陀 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 卵梗 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 卵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 𡳞棍, 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 𡳞, 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 脧 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 脧子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 𡳞, 脧 † |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 脧 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 𡳞棍, 𡳞 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 脧仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𡳞棍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 脧 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鳥 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 雞兒, 鳥兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 卵 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 屌兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 菩蒂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 † |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 雞巴, 㞗 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult |
| Jin | Shenmu | 㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 † |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 † |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 𫵓 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 𫵓 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 𫵓 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 𫵓牯 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 𫵓 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 脧 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 脧 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 欛欛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 䐯, 鳥 † |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 䐯 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 䐯䐯, 䐯鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 欛欛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 † |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 † |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 † |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 † |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 𡳞, 𡳞公仔 † |
| Southern Min | Datian | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 鳩 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 † |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𡳞鳥 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𡳞鳥, 𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 頹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 頹, 鳥 † |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 𡳞, 𡳞囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 𡳞, 𡳞囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 † |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 脧 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 脧 |
| Central Min | 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 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 𡳞 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 𡳞 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 𡳞鳥 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 𡳞仔 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 𡳞仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 † |
| Wu | Suzhou | 卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 † |
| Wu | Wuxi | 卵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 † |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 † |
| Wu | 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 † |
| Xiang | Loudi | 雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 † |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 卵子, 雞蓀子 † |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 屌把 |
| Note | † - of a boy | † - 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)‎, 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 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* an egg

#### Readings

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

#### 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
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 –)
* (Tokyo) たまご [tàmágó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠ma̠ɡo̞]
* (Kyoto) たま​ご [tàmáꜜgò] (Teiki)
* (Kyoto) た​まご [táꜜmàgò] (Kōki)

#### Noun

卵(たまご) • (tamago)
* an egg, including fish roe
** 1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ [Wing Egg Elf]”, 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 [Dragon Egger]”, 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 [Genocide King Salmon]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], 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.
* the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
* 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 [Mountain Temple Graffiti]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (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: [ɾã̠ɴ]
* (Kyoto) ら​ん [ráꜜǹ] (Kōki)

#### Noun

卵(らん) • (ran)
* an ovum

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 “たま‐ご 【卵・玉子】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 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
* 1 2 “らん 【卵】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean
### Hanja

卵 (eumhun 알 란 (al ran), word-initial (South Korea) 알 난 (al nan))
* hanja form of 란/난 (“ovum”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

卵: Hán Nôm readings: noãn, loãn
* chữ Hán form of noãn (“botanical ovule”).

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: かいく゚ (kai'ngu, 卵)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaiŋu/

### Noun

卵(かいく゚) (kai'ngu)
* egg