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姊

姊

See also: 姉 and 姐

Translingual

Han character

姊 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中X竹 (VLXH), four-corner 40427, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References

  • KangXi: page 258, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6164
  • Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1032, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+59CA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 姊

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 姊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsijX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts][i]jʔ/
English older sister

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姊
Reading # 1/1
No. 17870
Phonetic
component		 秭
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𡛷
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsiʔ/

Definitions

姊

  1. elder sister
    姊妹 (zǐmèi, “sisters”)

See also

Japanese

Kanji

姊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

姊 • ‎(ja) (hangeul 자)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姊 (tỉ, tỷ, chị)

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