雛

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) chick; fledgling
 * 2) infant; toddler
 * 3) young; small
 * 1) young; small

Etymology 1


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Appears to be from. The derivative form hiwina (later hīna) appears in , dated to before 1021.

Noun

 * 1) a type of small doll, typically standing upright in the Heian period, changing style to a seated posture in the Muromachi period
 * 2) short for
 * 3) a chick, a young bird: see the reading hiyoko below

Prefix

 * 1) diminutive prefix, carrying favorable connotations such as a sense of cuteness

Derived terms

 * , : playing with hina dolls
 * : a type of given as an offering to the hina dolls on Hina matsuri
 * , : a visit to play with hina dolls; particularly, such a visit on Hina matsuri
 * : a market selling hina dolls and accoutrements for Hina matsuri
 * : alternate name for Hina matsuri
 * , : synonym for : see below
 * : an elegant and refined man
 * : sweets given as offerings on the at Hina matsuri
 * , : a model or miniature; a sample or specimen; the front peak of an
 * : a bamboo ruler made to be as long as the width of a bolt of cotton fabric
 * , :, a type of native to wet areas in Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū
 * : a chicken tester
 * : a chicken sexer
 * : a type of bluebell or bellflower of the genus
 * :, a daisy
 * : clothes for a hina doll
 * , :, the common field or red poppy
 * : synonym for, playing with hina dolls
 * : the clitoris; the part of an just below the front peak that protrudes slightly
 * :, a type of primrose or cowslip, called a "mini cherry blossom" for the shape of its flower
 * , : a, a short kimono for children up to the age of one or two years old, made from one piece of fabric and without a seam up the back
 * , : a special tiered display for hina dolls; a similarly tiered platform for kabuki musicians; the tiered seats for ministers in the Diet
 * : a crane chick; a shōgun's or daimyō's daughter
 * , : letting loose small boats made of paper, ceramic, or other materials and holding hina dolls on rivers or the sea on the night of Hina matsuri
 * : a hina doll
 * : an annual plant of the family, a type of milkwort
 * : an annual flowering plant of family
 * :, the botanical name for a family of monocot flowering plants
 * : alternate name for Hina matsuri,
 * : alternate name for Hina matsuri
 * : in modern Japan, the act of sending relatives a display of outfitted hina dolls for Hina matsuri
 * : a chick incubator
 * , : Girl's Day, the doll festival
 * : a dollhouse for hina dolls; a store selling hina dolls
 * : an orchid of the genus, native to East Asia
 * : a newly hatched chick that has just started eating
 * : the counterpart to Hina Matsuri, held on the ninth day of the ninth month in the old lunar calendar
 * : a girl's first springtime seasonal celebration; the hina dolls set out as decoration at such a time
 * : the counterpart to Hina Matsuri, held on the ninth day of the ninth month in the old lunar calendar
 * : a girl's first springtime seasonal celebration; the hina dolls set out as decoration at such a time

Etymology 2
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Possibly an alteration of a reduplicated form hinahina.

Noun

 * 1)  doll

Usage notes
This reading with the long ī is archaic. In modern Japanese, the shorter reading hina is more common for this sense.

Derived terms

 * , : playing with hina dolls
 * , : a visit to play with hina dolls; particularly, such a visit on Hina matsuri
 * : clothes for a hina doll
 * : alternate name for, a type of wild rye or wheatgrass
 * : a type of small children's book in the Edo period used at Hina matsuri and when playing house
 * , : Girl's Day, the doll festival
 * : a dollhouse for hina dolls; a store selling hina dolls

Etymology 3


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Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) chick, young bird
 * 2) child; youngling, greenhorn

Derived terms

 * : the chickpea or garbanzo bean
 * : a chick embryo

Etymology 4
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Alteration of hiyoko above. The geminate kk sound emphasizes the diminutiveness.

Noun

 * 1) a chick, a young bird
 * 2) a child; a youngling, a greenhorn

Etymology 5
From. Most reconstructions of the original 🇨🇬 reading start with an affricate, so this Japanese reading may have come from a dialect; compare 🇨🇬 reading ts'u1.

Affix

 * 1) young, new, a greenhorn

Usage notes
Only used in compounds.

Derived terms

 * : alternate name for a, an apprentice geisha
 * : a young monk, a novitiate
 * : raising chicks
 * : a diamond in the rough, an unnoticed greatness
 * : a diamond in the rough, an unnoticed greatness
 * : a very promising young man, a boy with very high prospects
 * : a return arrival, getting back to one's starting point