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姐

姐

See also: 姊 and 姉

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

姐 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 47410, composition ⿰女且)

References

  • KangXi: page 258, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
  • Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1036, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+59D0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 姐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姐
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虘 *zaːl, *zaː
蔖 *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣 *rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓 *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚 *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝 *ʔsjaː
謯 *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐 *ʔsjaːʔ
抯 *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷 *ʔsjaːʔ
且 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄 *sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡 *sʰjaːs
查 *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤 *ʔsraː
樝 *ʔsraː
皻 *ʔsraː
渣 *ʔsraː
楂 *zraː
苴 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租 *ʔsaː
蒩 *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖 *ʔsaːʔ
組 *ʔsaːʔ
珇 *ʔsaːʔ
靻 *ʔsaːʔ
粗 *sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂 *zaː
殂 *zaː
麆 *zaːʔ, *zras
伹 *zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆 *ʔsa, *sʰa
沮 *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀 *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽 *sʰa
雎 *sʰa
狙 *sʰa, *sʰas
岨 *sʰa
砠 *sʰa
坥 *sʰa, *sʰas
刞 *sʰas
覰 *sʰas
覷 *sʰas
跙 *zaʔ
筯 *das
菹 *ʔsra
葅 *ʔsra
阻 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎 *ʔsraʔ
詛 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏 *zra, *zraʔ
豠 *zra
鋤 *zra
耡 *zra, *zras
齟 *zraʔ
助 *zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsjaːʔ) : semantic 女 ‎(“woman”) + phonetic 且 ‎(OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 兹野切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡siaX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siaX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡siaX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiě
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姐
Reading # 1/1
No. 10376
Phonetic
component		 且
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 姐
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsjaːʔ/

Definitions

姐

  1. elder sister
    姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”)
    姐妹 (jiěmèi, “sisters”)
  2. young lady
    小姐 (xiǎojiě, “young lady, Miss”)

Japanese

Kanji

姐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: そ (so), しゃ (sha)
  • Kun: あね (ane), あねご (anego), ねえ (nee), ねえさん (neesan)

Noun

姐 ‎(hiragana あね, romaji ane)

  1. Alternative form of 姉

Korean

Hanja

姐 • ‎(jeo) (hangeul 저)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姐 (thư, tỉ, tả)

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