姊

See also: 姉 and 姐

Translingual

Han character

姊 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中X竹 (VLXH), four-corner 4042₇, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		姊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ, jiě (zi³, jie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze², zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tzu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
  • Note: The 'jiě' reading is more commonly used in Taiwan Guoyu..
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze², zi²
    • Yale: jé, jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze², dzi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³⁵/, /t͡siː³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (姊, reconstructed)
Character (姊), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 精 (13) Final: 之 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 即里切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sɨX/	/t͡siX/	/t͡siəX/	/t͡sɨX/	/t͡sɨX/	/t͡sĭəX/	/t͡sieX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (姊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
姊								zǐ								‹ tsijX ›								/*[ts][i]jʔ/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
姊					17870					秭					脂					2					𡛷					/*ʔsiʔ/

Definitions

姊

1. elder sister

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Japanese

Kanji

姊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: あね (ane), はは (haha)

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Korean

Hanja

姊 (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姊 (tỉ, tỷ, chị)

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