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姬

姬

See also: 姫

Translingual

Han character

姬 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女𦣞)

References

KangXi: page 260, character 23

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6230

Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1049, character 15

Unihan data for U+59EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		姬

Alternative forms

姫

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Wade-Giles: chih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /jɨ/, /kɨ/▼

Rime
Character	姬	姬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與之切	居之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/kie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Li Rong	/iə/	/kiə/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/kĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	jī

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[k](r)ə/

(Zhengzhang): /*klɯ/, /*lɯ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ ki ›
Old Chinese	/*[k](r)ə/
English	(family name)
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	姬	姬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14882	14887
Phonetic component	頤	頤
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	姬	飴
Old Chinese	/*klɯ/	/*lɯ/

Definitions

姬

beauty
imperial concubine
A surname, used by the ruling family of the House of Zhou

Japanese

Kanji

姬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 姫)

princess

Readings

Goon: き (ki) (non-Jōyō reading)
Kan’on: き (ki) (non-Jōyō reading)
Kun: ひめ (hime)
Nanori: ひめ (hime), こひめ (kohime), ひめさき (himesaki), ぷりんせす (purinsesu), れもん (remon)

Noun

姬 ‎(hiragana ひめ, romaji hime)

姫: princess; woman; prostitute; a kind of glue

Korean

Hanja

姬 • ‎(hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姬 (cơ)

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