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{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=31|rad=囗|as=03|sn=6|four=60407|canj=WND|ids=⿴囗子}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𣳲]]}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0216.240|dkj=04688|dj=0422.020|hdz=10713.070|uh=56DD|ud=22237|bh=A65F|bd=42591}}

==Chinese==

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|囗|子|ls=i|t2=child; son}}. Compare {{zh-l|*囡}}.

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms|alt=仔,子}}
Min dialectal word for “son; child”. Substrate borrowing, cognate with {{der|zh|mkh-pro|*kuun||child, son}} ({{cog|vi|con}}, {{cog|km|កូន}}) ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}). Likely related to {{och-l|昆|descendants}} ([[ibid.]]).

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=jiǎn
|c=gin2,zai2
|c_note=gin2 - literary; zai2 - vernacular
|h=
|mb=gṳ̌ing
|md=giāng
|mn=xm,zz,tp,kh,tn,tc,hc,yl,km,mg,sg,ph:kiáⁿ/qz,jj,lk,sx,ph:káⁿ/ly:kióaⁿ
|mn-t=gian2
|mn-l=gia2
|px=pt:gyo3/xy:gyaⁿ3/xy:gaⁿ3
|w=
|mc=
|oc=y
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}} {{tlb|zh|Min}}

# [[son]]
#* {{zh-x|郎罷 別 囝，吾 悔 生 汝。及 汝 既 生，人 勸 不 舉。不 從 人言，果 獲 是 苦。囝 別 郎罷，心 摧 血 下。|Father said to '''son''' when they parted: I regret begetting you;<br>When you were already born, people advised me to not bring you up;<br>I did not follow their words, and inevitably had this suffering coming.<br>'''Son''' is parted from father, with a heart shattered and eyes crying with blood.|CL|ref=ca. '''8th century''', {{w|Gu Kuang}}, {{lang|zh|《囝》}} (''Son'') [written in the ancient Min dialect].<br>''Note'': This poem was referring to the slavery system at the time in the [[Min]] area. The son had been forcibly castrated and was soon to be taken as a slave in a rich household.}}
# [[child]]
# [[baby]], [[infant]]
# {{n-g|Diminutive suffix attached to nouns, equivalent to Mandarin {{zh-l|子}}.}}
# {{n-g|Diminutive suffix attached to classifiers.}}

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|兒子}}
{{zh-dial|子}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|查某囝|查埔囝|囝婿|病囝|丈夫囝|諸娘囝|搖囝仔歌|囝仔<tr:gín-á>|囝妮|囝孫|囝命|囝旦|囝生|男囝|女囝|牛囝|犬囝|菜囝|兄弟囝|碟囝|戅囝|後生囝|弟囝|妹囝|痞囝|阿囝|囝生|褲囝|店囝|碗囝|雞囝|鴨囝|羊囝|豬囝|馬囝|樹囝|椅囝|厝囝|貓囝|賊囝|妹妹囝|婊子囝|車囝|豆囝|薰囝|爐囝|雨囝|船囝|媳婦囝|伲囝|曲蹄囝|路囝|新婦囝|舅囝|骹肚囝|竹囝|床囝|空囝|孥囝|客囝|手囝|凳囝|鞋囝|茶囝|和尚囝|耳囝|鬼囝|乖囝|命囝|敗囝|番囝|野囝|乞食囝|豆腐囝|風囝|尾囝|大囝|郎罷囝|婊囝|苦囝|討債囝|鵝囝|丫頭囝|嬌囝|巷囝|桌囝|枕頭囝|刀囝|舌囝|芽囝|鑿囝|番錢囝|錢囝|青囝|瞎囝|卒囝|韃囝|儂囝|戇囝|囝囝|煞尾仔囝<tr:soah-bóe-á-kiáⁿ>}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-see|囡|v}}

===Etymology 3===
{{coinage|zh|Wu Zetian|nat=Chinese|occ=empress regnant}}. One of the {{w|Chinese characters of Empress Wu}}.
{{zh-see|月|v}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:mfccd}}
* [http://zi.tools/zi/囝 zi.tools]

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=囗03}}

# baby; infant

====Readings====
* {{ja-readings|on=けん, げん, がち|kun=こども-}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=건|rv=geon|mr=kŏn}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=囗03}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=cưởng, kiển, niên|rs=囗03}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=囗03}}

====References====
* [http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=56dd Nom Foundation]