姫

Translingual

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. a beauty
2. an imperial concubine
3. surname

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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Japanese

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Noun

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime)

1. a noble lady; a princess

Prefix

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime-)

1. prefix expressing cuteness or smallness

Kanji

姫 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime)

Compounds

• 御姫 (おひめ, ohime): princess
• 姫様 (ひめさま, hime-sama): a honorable princess

Derived terms

• 月の姫 (つきのひめ, tsuki-no-hime): lit. the "princess of the moon" -- see Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Synonyms

• (princess, etc): 姬
• 皇女 (こうじょ, kōjo): an imperial princess
• 王女 (おうじょ, Ōjo): a "king/ruler's daughter" -- a princess
• 王の娘 (おうのむすめ, Ō no musume): "daughter of a/the king"
• 女王 (じょおう, joō): "female ruler" -- a queen
• 女王の娘 (じょおうのむすめ, joō no musume): "daughter of a/the queen"
• プリンセス: princess

See also

• 姫 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Princess on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Princess
• Noblewoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Noblewoman

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

姫 (pinyin jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi¹)