姊

See also: 姉 and 姐
姊 U+59CA, 姊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CA
← 姉
[U+59C9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 始 →
[U+59CB]

Translingual

Han character

姊 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女中難竹 (VLXH), four-corner 40427, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References

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

Chinese

trad. 姊
simp. # 姊
alternative forms 姉／姊
𡛷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
姊 *ʔsiʔ
秭 *ʔsiʔ
趀 *sʰi
笫 *ʔsriʔ, *ʔsrɯʔ
胏 *ʔsrɯʔ
柹 *zrɯʔ
柿 *zrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsiʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 𠂔 (Middle Chinese: t͡ʃɨX).

Etymology

From Austroasiatic; compare Old Mon kuṁci (“sister”) (Schuessler, 2007); connection with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dzar (“sister (of man)”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzər ~ tsər (Benedict, 1974) is "phonetically less direct" (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Note: jiě - more commonly used in Taiwan, also written as 姐.
Note: ze2 - usually written as 姐.
Note:
  • chí, ché/chié - vernacular, also written as 姐 (especially for ché);
  • chú/chír - literary.
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
Baxter tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2
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
  2. (Hokkien, familiar) respectful honorific used after a name for an elder sister or any female senior: Miss; Sister

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 姊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姐姐
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 姐姐, 姐
Taiwan 姐姐
Ulanhot 大姐
Tongliao 大姐
Chifeng 姐姐
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 大姐
Harbin 姐姐
Shenyang 姐姐
Malaysia 姐姐
Singapore 姐姐
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 姐姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 姐
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 姐
Wanrong 姐
Zhengzhou 姐
Xi'an 姐
Xining 姐姐, 姐
Xuzhou 姐姐
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 姐姐
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 姐姐
Bayanhot 姐姐
Lanzhou 姐姐
Ürümqi 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 姐姐, 姐
Wuhan 姐姐
Guiyang 姐
Kunming 姐姐
Liuzhou 姐, 阿姐
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 姐姐
Yangzhou 姐姐
Nantong 姐姐
Hefei 姐姐
Huanggang 姐
Cantonese Guangzhou 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
Hong Kong 家姐, 姐姐
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 大姊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 家姐
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿姐
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿姐
Macau 家姐
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿家 ><, 家姐 <>
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Foshan 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 大姊
Foshan (Shunde) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Sanshui) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姐 ><
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿家 ><, 大姊 <>
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿姐
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姐
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姐
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姐
Taishan 阿姊
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姐
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姊
Heshan (Yayao) 阿家
Dongguan 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 大姊, 姊 ><
Shaoguan 家姐, 阿姐
Yunfu 阿姐, 大姐
Yangjiang 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
Xinyi 阿𡜵, 大𡜵
Lianjiang 大姊, 姐姐
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿姐
Hepu (Shatian) 阿姐
Beihai 姐姐
Beihai (Nankang) 大姐
Beihai (Yingpan) 阿姐
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 阿姐
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 家姐
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 大姐
Danzhou 姊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 家姐
Singapore (Guangfu) 家姐, 阿姐
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 家姐
Móng Cái 阿姐
Gan Nanchang 姐姐, 姐
Lichuan 霞姊
Pingxiang 姐姐
Hakka Meixian 阿姊
Xingning 阿姊
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿姐
Huiyang 阿姊
Huidong (Daling) 阿姊
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姐
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姐
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姐
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿姐
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿姐
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿姐
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿姐
Wuhua (Meilin) 阿姐
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿姊
Wengyuan 阿姊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 姊姊
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姊
Liannan 阿姊
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姊
Jiexi 阿姊
Luhe 阿姊
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿姊
Changting 姊姊, 姊里
Wuping 老姊
Wuping (Yanqian) 阿姊
Wuping (Pingyu) 姊
Liancheng 嫫姐
Ninghua 姊姊
Yudu 姊姊
Ningdu 姊姊
Ruijin 姐姐
Shicheng 姊姊
Shangyou (Shexi) 姊姊
Tonggu (Sandu) 姊姊
Ganzhou (Panlong) 大姊
Dayu 姊佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姊
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姊
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姊
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姊
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姊
Hong Kong 阿姐
Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿姊
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿姊
Xinyi (Sihe) 大姊
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿姊
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿姊
Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿姊
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿姊
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿姊
Mengshan (Xihe) 姐
Luchuan 姊
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿姊
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姊
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿姊
Singkawang 阿姊
Huizhou Jixi 姐姐, 姐
Shexian 姐姐
Huangshan (Tunxi) 姐兒
Xiuning 阿姐
Yixian 姐姐
Qimen 姐兒
Wuyuan 姐, 姐姐
Fuliang 姐, 姐姐
Dexing 姊
Jin Taiyuan 姐姐
Pingyao 大大
Xinzhou 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
Taibus (Baochang) 姐姐
Linhe 姐姐
Jining 姐姐
Hohhot 姐姐
Baotou 姐姐
Dongsheng 姐姐
Haibowan 姐姐
Northern Min Jian'ou 姊仔, 姊姊
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿姊
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿姊
Jianyang 姊仔
Wuyishan 姊仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 阿姊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姐
Fuzhou (Changle) 依姐
Fuqing 阿姊
Yongtai 依姐
Gutian 姐
Fu'an 姊哥
Ningde 姊
Shouning 阿姊
Zhouning 阿姊
Fuding 阿姊
Matsu 依姐
Southern Min Xiamen 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
Quanzhou 阿姊, 姊
Jinjiang 阿姊
Yongchun 阿姊, 大姊
Dehua 阿姊
Zhangzhou 阿姊
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 大姊
Zhangpu 阿姊
Zhao'an 姊
Taipei 阿姊
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿姊
Kaohsiung 阿姊
Yilan 阿姊
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姊
Taichung 阿姊
Tainan 阿姊
Hsinchu 阿姊
Kinmen 俺姊
Penghu (Magong) 阿姊
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姊, 姊, 姊姊
Singapore (Hokkien) 大姊, 阿姊
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姊
Zhangping 姐
Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺姐
Datian 阿姐
Chaozhou 阿姐
Shantou 姐
Shantou (Chaoyang) 阿姐
Jieyang 阿姐
Haifeng 姐姐
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姐
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姐
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姐
Leizhou 尼姊 <>, 姊 ><
Wenchang 姐, 大姊, 阿姐
Haikou 阿姐, 大姊
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿姐
Puxian Min Putian 阿姊
Xianyou 阿咍, 阿姊
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 家 ><, 大姐 <>
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姐, 千金小 euphemistic
Shehua Fu'an 阿姊
Fuding 阿姊
Luoyuan 阿姊
Sanming 阿姊
Shunchang 阿姊
Hua'an 阿姊
Guixi (Zhangping) 阿姊
Cangnan 姊
Jingning (Hexi) 阿姊
Lishui 姊
Longyou 阿姊
Chaozhou 阿姊
Fengshun 阿姊
Wu Shanghai 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿姐, 姐姐
Suzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
Wuxi 阿姊, 姐姐
Danyang 姐姐
Hangzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
Ningbo 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊
Wenzhou 阿姹, 阿姐
Jinhua 姊姊兒, 姊姊
Xiang Changsha 姐姐
Loudi 姐姐, 姊姊
Shuangfeng 姐姐
Hengyang 姐姐
Note >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

姊

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. alternative form of 姉 (“older sister”)

Readings

  • Go-on: し (shi)
  • Kan-on: し (shi)
  • Kun: あね (ane, 姊)、あねえ (anē, 姊)、あんねえ (annē, 姊)、いね (ine, 姊)、ねえ (nē, 姊)

Noun

Kanji in this term
姊
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姊 – see the following entry.
【姉あね】2
[noun] elder sister
Alternative spelling
姐
(This term, 姊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

姊 (eumhun 손윗누이 자 (sonwinnu'i ja))

  1. Older sister

Compounds

  • 姊妹 (자매)
  • 姊妹結緣 (자매결연)
  • 姊妹校 (자매교)
  • 姊妹機關 (자매기관)
  • 姊妹船 (자매선)
  • 姊妹新聞 (자매신문)
  • 姊妹語 (자매어)
  • 姊妹篇 (자매편)
  • 姊妹學校 (자매학교)
  • 姊妹會社 (자매회사)

Vietnamese

Han character

姊: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ, tỷ, chị

honorific for a woman older than speaker ("older sister" but not necessarily blood-related)

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