姫

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.1.1 Noun 2.1.2 Prefix 2.2 Kanji 2.2.1 Readings 3 Korean 3.1 Hanja 4 Mandarin 4.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

姫 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL), X女尸中中 (XVSLL), composition ⿰女臣)

1. beauty
2. imperial concubine
3. surname

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

Originally /hi1me1/. *[pime] > [ɸime] > [hime]. Compound of hi "sun" and me "woman". The male equivalent is hiko.

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime)

1. a noble lady; a princess

[edit] Prefix

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime)

1. prefix expressing cuteness or smallness

[edit] Kanji

姫 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

姫 (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

姫 (pinyin jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi¹)