姫

姫 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6 in Chinese and Korean, 女+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女臣)

• 姬 (Original form for the meaning "princess")

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6229
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59EB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 臣 (OC *ɡiŋ)

姫

1. (historical dictionaries only) cautious; prudent

   Synonym: 謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02079

(Jōyō kanji)

1. princess
2. concubine
3. woman

From its original form 姬:

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime, 姫, Jōyō)
• Nanori: こひめ (kohime)、ひめさき (himesaki)、れもん (remon)

In its current form 姫:

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: かしこまる (kashikomaru, 姫まる)

⟨pi₁ me₁⟩ → */pʲimʲe/ → /fime/ → /hime/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ 女 (me, “female person: girl, woman”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) ひめ [híꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [çime̞]

姫(ひめ) • (hime) 

1. the daughter of a high-ranking person

   Coordinate term: 彦 (hiko)

   1. a noblewoman
   2. a princess

      Synonyms: 王女 (ōjo), 皇女 (kōjo), プリンセス (purinsesu)

2. (euphemistic) a woman

   Coordinate term: 彦 (hiko)

3. (Kansai slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute

   See also: Thesaurus:娼婦

4. short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice

• 娘(むすめ) (musume, “daughter”)
• 乙(おと)女(め) (otome, “maiden, virgin”)

• 女(じょ)皇(こう) (jokō, “empress”)
• 女(じょ)王(おう) (joō, “queen”)

姫(ひめ) • (hime-) 

1. cute
2. small

姫(ひめ) • (Hime) 

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 姬 (MC ki).

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

姫(き) • (-ki) 

1. lady

From Middle Chinese 姫 (“cautious; prudent”).

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕin]
• Phonetic hangul: [진]

姫 (eum 진 (jin))

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çi]
• Phonetic hangul: [히]

姫 (eum 희 (hui))

1. hanja form^? of 희 (“alternative form of 姬”)

姫: Hán Việt readings: cơ^[1]
姫: Nôm readings: cơ^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of cơ (“alternative form of 姬”)