核子

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (核子)		核	子
alternative forms		𣝗子

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ zi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-chú / he̍k-chú

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hug⁸ ji²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸weq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hézǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: hé-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertzyy
    • Palladius: хэцзы (xɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hat⁶ zi²
    • Yale: haht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 核子 瞎子

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chú
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-chú
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hegzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: hug⁸ ji²
    • Sinological IPA: /huk̚² t͡si³¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸weq-tsy
    • MiniDict: weh^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhueq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuəʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Noun

核子

1. (Taiwan, physics) nucleus
2. (physics) nucleon
3. (Guiping Cantonese, Leizhou Min) testicle
4. (Wu) pit; seed

Synonyms

• (nucleus): 核 (hé)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睪丸, 精巢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
	Taiwan	蛋蛋
	Harbin	卵子兒
	Singapore	球
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	球蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋子兒, 蛋
	Wanrong	子
	Xi'an	蛋子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	卵子
	Lanzhou	脬子兒, 腎
	Ürümqi	脬卵子, 卵子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
	Wuhan	卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
	Guiyang	卵蛋
	Liuzhou	卵考子, 考子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	卵子
	Yangzhou	卵蛋, 卵子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	春子
	Hong Kong	春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	核
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	核春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	核仁
	Kaiping (Chikan)	春牯
	Dongguan	春核
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	卵子
	Hepu (Shatian)	卵脬仁
	Guiping	核子
	Guiping (Mule)	𨳍卵
	Pingnan	核卵
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	核仔
	Guigang (Pingdong)	核仁
	Beihai	卵仁
	Beihai (Nankang)	卵仁
	Beihai (Yingpan)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	卵核
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	卵核
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	春仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	卵
	Móng Cái	卵核
Gan	Lichuan	順子
	Pingxiang	卵坨子
Hakka	Meixian	核卵
	Xingning	核卵
	Dabu (Xihe)	核卵仁
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	核卵
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	核卵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	核卵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	核卵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	核卵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	核卵
	Jiexi	核卵
	Changting	卵子
	Longyan (Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	核卵仁
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	核卵
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	核卵
	Liancheng (Peitian)	卵子
	Liancheng (Juxi)	核卵
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	核卵
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	核卵
	Yudu	卵子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	核卵仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	核卵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	核卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	核卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	核卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	核卵
	Hong Kong	核卵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	核卵
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	核卵仁
	Senai (Huiyang)	核
	Singkawang	核卵
	Bangkok (Meixian)	核卵
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	核卵
Huizhou	Jixi	卵子
Jin	Pingyao	堆兒, 蛋
	Xinzhou	蛋籽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𡳞核子, 𡳞核
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𡳞核子
	Fuqing	𡳞核子
	Yongtai	𡳞脬子
	Gutian	𡳞核子
	Fu'an	𡳞脬子
	Ningde	𡳞脬子
	Shouning	𡳞脬子
	Zhouning	尿脬子
	Fuding	卵脬子
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞核, 腎子
	Quanzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Jinjiang	𡳞核
	Yongchun	𡳞核, 𡳞核子
	Zhangzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Zhao'an	𡳞核
	Taipei	𡳞核
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞脬核仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞核
	Yilan	𡳞核
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞核仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Taichung	𡳞核仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞核
	Tainan	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞核
	Taitung	𡳞核仔
	Hsinchu	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kinmen	𡳞核
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞核
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞核
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞核
	Chaozhou	核
	Shantou	𡳞核
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞核
	Jieyang	𡳞核, 𡳞仁
	Haifeng	𡳞脬核
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𡳞核
	Leizhou	𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
	Wenchang	𡳞仁
	Haikou	𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min	Putian	𡳞核
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞核
	Xianyou	𡳞核
Central Min	Sanming (Sanyuan)	石核
	Sanming (Shaxian)	尿脬核
Shaojiang Min	Mingxi	腎肚子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	卵子
Wu	Shanghai	卵子
	Suzhou	卵子
	Danyang	卵脬黃, 卵子黃
	Hangzhou	卵子
	Ningbo	卵黃, 卵袋黃
	Wenzhou	卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
	Jinhua	老核子
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	卵核
Xiang	Loudi	考子, 卵子
	Hengyang	睪子

Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]

Derived terms

• 核子作用
• 核子分裂
• 核子力
• 核子動力潛艇 / 核子动力潜艇
• 核子動力船 / 核子动力船
• 核子反應 / 核子反应
• 核子反應爐 / 核子反应炉
• 核子工程學 / 核子工程学
• 核子彈 / 核子弹 (hézǐdàn)
• 核子戰爭 / 核子战争 (hézǐ zhànzhēng)
• 核子戰略 / 核子战略
• 核子武器 (hézǐ wǔqì)
• 核子燃料
• 核子能
• 核子試爆 / 核子试爆
• 核子試驗 / 核子试验
• 核子醫學 / 核子医学
• 核子防護 / 核子防护

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	子
かく Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Noun

核(かく)子(し) • (kakushi) 

1. (physics) nucleon - a general term of the proton and the neutron