姪

See also 侄

Translingual

Han character

姪 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈土 (VMIG), four-corner 4141₄, composition ⿰女至)

1. niece
2. nephew

References

• KangXi: page 260, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6226
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1043, character 11
• Unihan data for U+59EA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

姪 (jyutping zat6, Yale jat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

姪

Readings

• On: てつ (tetsu), ちつ (chitsu)
• Kun: めい (mei), おい (oi)

Etymology

/me1hi/: [mepi] > [meɸi] > [mewi] > [mei]. Initial /me/ is cognate with me₁ (“female”).

Noun

姪 (hiragana めい, romaji mei, historical hiragana めひ)

1. the daughter of ones sibling; a niece

Antonyms

• 甥 (oi)

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Korean

Hanja

姪 (hangeul 질, 절, revised jil, jeol, McCune-Reischauer chil, chŏl)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

姪 (pinyin zhí (zhi2), Wade-Giles chih²)