姫

Translingual

Han character

姫 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL), X女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 4141₇, 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

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Kanji

姫 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime)

Compounds

• お姫 (おひめ, ohime): princess
• 姫様 (ひめさま, hime-sama): honorable princess (term of address or reference)
• お姫様抱っこ (おひめさまだっこ, o-hime-sama dakko): (slang) bridal carry: the manner of carrying a bride over a threshold
• 歌姫 (うたひめ, utahime): Diva

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Originally /hi1me1/. *[pime] > [ɸime] > [hime]. Compound of 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ 女 (me, “woman”). The male equivalent is 彦 (hiko).

Noun

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime)

1. (euphemistic) a woman
2. a noblewoman, a lady, a princess
3. (slang) in the Kyōto and Ōsaka areas, a prostitute
4. short for 姫糊 (himenori), a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice

Prefix

姫 (hiragana ひめ, romaji hime-)

1. prefix expressing cuteness or smallness

Derived terms

• 月の姫 (つきのひめ, tsuki-no-hime): the princess of the moon: Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
• 木花之開耶姫 (このはなのさくひめ, コノハナノサクヤビメ, Konohananosakuya-hime): (Shintō): in Japanese mythology, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life

Synonyms

• (princess): プリンセス: princess
• (princess): 皇女 (こうじょ, kōjo): an imperial princess
• (princess): 王女 (おうじょ, ōjo): a king's daughter: a princess

See also

• 女皇 (じょこう, jokō): an empress
• 女王 (じょおう, joō): a queen
• Princess on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Princess
• Noblewoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Noblewoman

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

姫 (pinyin jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi¹)