姐
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Translingual
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Han character
姐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 47410, composition ⿰女且)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
- Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 8
- Unihan data for U+59D0
Chinese
| trad. | 姐 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 姐 | |
| alternative forms | 媎 ancient | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 姐 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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 / 形声, OC *ʔsjaːʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ze2 / ze2-1 / ze2-4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiá
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciā
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ci; 5cia
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiě
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiě
- Wade–Giles: chieh3
- Yale: jyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee
- Palladius: цзе (cze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (姐兒 / 姐儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiěr
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiěr
- Wade–Giles: chieh3-ʼrh
- Yale: jyěr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieel
- Palladius: цзер (czer)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ze2 / ze2-1 / ze2-4
- Yale: jé / jē / jèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze2 / dze2-1 / dze2-4
- Guangdong Romanization: zé2 / zé2-1 / zé2-4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɛː³⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵⁻²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiá
- Hakka Romanization System: jiaˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: jia3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
Note:
- chiá - literary;
- ché - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: tsjaeX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsjaːʔ/
Definitions
姐
- elder sister
- woman; lady; madame
- 小姐 ― xiǎojiě ― young lady, Miss"
- (dialectal) mother (According to Xu Shen, this meaning was used in the ancient State of Shu: "蜀謂母曰姐")
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
Compounds
Descendants
- → Thai: เจ๊ (jée, “older sister”) / เจ้ (jêe, “older sister”) (said by Chinese race; now more general)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jù
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
- Wade–Giles: chü4
- Yale: jyù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
- Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zeoi6
- Yale: jeuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey6
- Guangdong Romanization: zêu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
姐
- (archaic) alternative form of 㜘 (jù, “pampered; spoiled”)
- 恃愛肆姐，不訓不師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 262, Ji Kang (嵇康), A Poem on My Indignation in Confinement (《幽憤詩》). English translation by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.
- Shì ài sì jù, bù xùn bù shī. [Pinyin]
- On account of their love, I had free rein and became spoiled,
Following neither formal tutelage nor teacher.
恃爱肆姐，不训不师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 姐 – see 啫 (“only; just; simply; merely; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啫). |
Japanese
Kanji
姐
- alternative form of 姉 (“older sister”)
Readings
- Go-on: しゃ (sha)
- Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
- Kun: あね (ane, 姐)、あねえ (anē, 姐)、あんねえ (annē, 姐)、いね (ine, 姐)、ねえ (nē, 姐)
Noun
姐 • (ane)
- alternative form of 姉
Korean
Hanja
姐 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)
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Vietnamese
Han character
姐: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả
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