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-<WL>牝 [pìn] female animal, cow; 玄牝 the Mysterious Female (道)
+<WL>牝 [pìn] female animal, cow (ant. 牡)@@; (道家) 玄牝 (孳生万物的本源, 比喻道); (HDZ:) 雌性的兽类; 雌性的; 地; (军阵名); 锁; 溪谷  [bǐ] (又读) ?
-From 牛 (niú) ‘cow’ and 匕 bǐ phonetic.
+From 牛 (niú) ‘cow’ and 匕 bǐ phonetic. Old graphs had any of various animals (牛羊犬豕马鹿) where the modern form has only 牛; 匕 in 牝 is said (HDZ) to be short for 比/妣 (丄匕=且比=祖妣) ‘female organ’ (匕柶).
-	Formerly pronounced bǐ (hence the phonetic 匕), but that word became obsolete and 牝 was used for a synonym pronounced pìn.
+	Formerly pronounced bǐ (hence the phonetic 匕), but that reading disappeared and 牝 was pronounced pìn (both readings are given in SBGY).
+	Compare: 𤘥, 妣, 麀.
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 #c牛匕牜
 #y pahn/
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