甥

Information about character(s)

Radical: 生
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shēng
Cantonese: saang1 sang1
JapaneseKun: OI MUKO
JapaneseOn: SEI SHOU
Korean: SAYNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sister's child

CE-Dict: sister's son/nephew

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a nephew who is the son of one's sister

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: nephew

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: nephew

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《男部》甥謂我舅者，吾謂之甥也。从男生聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【生字部】甥
【唐韻】所更切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】師庚切，𠀤音生。【廣韻】外甥也。姊妹之子曰甥。【詩·大雅】韓侯娶妻，汾王之甥。【傳】姊妹之子爲甥。　又【爾雅·釋親】謂我舅者，吾謂之甥。【韻會】女之壻亦曰甥。【孟子】帝館甥于貳室。　又【韻會】外孫曰甥，據外祖而言。一說外孫曰彌甥。【左傳·昭二十三年】以肥之得備彌甥。　又【爾雅·釋親】姑之子爲甥，舅之子爲甥，妻之晜弟爲甥，姊妹之夫爲甥。【註】四人體敵，故更相爲甥。甥猶生也。　又姓。晉大夫呂甥之後。

CF-Dict: neveu (fils de soeur)

Han-De-Dict: Neffe (u.E.) (S)