姨

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姨 U+59E8, 姨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8
← 姧
[U+59E7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姩 →
[U+59E9]

Translingual

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Han character

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姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 45432, composition ⿰女夷)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+59E8

Chinese

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trad. 姨
simp. # 姨
2nd round simp. 𫰆

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 姨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (夷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桋 *l'iːl, *lil
荑 *l'iːl, *lil
銕 *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd
鴺 *l'iːl, *lil
鮧 *l'iːl, *lil
洟 *l̥ʰiːls, *lil
羠 *ljilʔ, *lil
咦 *hril
夷 *lil
姨 *lil
痍 *lil
峓 *lil
恞 *lil
眱 *lil
蛦 *lil
胰 *lil, *lɯ
跠 *lil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lil) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).

Pronunciation

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Note: yír - “maternal aunt”.
Rime
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以脂切
Baxter yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ji/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ji/
Li
Rong 		/i/
Wang
Li 		/ji/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
No. 14863
Phonetic
component 		夷
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		姨
Old
Chinese 		/*lil/

Definitions

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姨

  1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)
    二姨  ―  èr yí  ―  mother's second eldest sister
  2. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
  3. aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
  4. (historical) father's concubine

Synonyms

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  • (maternal aunt):
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姨母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 姨媽 §, 姨兒
Taiwan 阿姨, 姨媽
Ulanhot 姨
Tongliao 姨娘
Chifeng 姨
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 姨
Harbin 姨
Shenyang 姨娘 §, 姨
Singapore 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 姨
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 姨
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 姨
Wanrong 姨
Zhengzhou 姨
Xi'an 姨媽 >, 姨 <
Xining 姨娘
Xuzhou 姨
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 姨媽
Bayanhot 姨媽, 姨
Lanzhou 姨娘
Ürümqi 姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 姨媽, 娘娘
Wuhan 姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
Guiyang 姨媽
Kunming 姨媽
Guilin 姨媽
Liuzhou 姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Yangzhou 姨娘
Nantong 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
Hefei 姨媽 §, 姨娘
Cantonese Guangzhou 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
Hong Kong 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姨, 阿姨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Macau 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Panyu) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
Guangzhou (Conghua) 大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 姨母 >, 姨 <
Foshan (Shunde) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿姨
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姨, 姨媽 >
Jiangmen (Baisha) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姨
Taishan 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姨
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姨
Heshan (Yayao) 阿姨
Dongguan 阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 姨
Shaoguan 姨媽, 阿姨
Yunfu 阿姨
Yangjiang 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Xinyi 𡜵奶
Lianjiang 𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
Nanning 姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
Wuzhou 阿姨
Yulin 姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
Hepu (Lianzhou) 姨婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 姨媽, 阿姨
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan Nanchang 姨, 姨娘
Lichuan 姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
Pingxiang 姨娘
Hakka Meixian 阿姨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姨
Dongguan (Qingxi) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大姨, 晚姨 <
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姨
Yudu 姨, 姨奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姨
Hong Kong 大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿姨
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姨
Singkawang 阿姨
Huizhou Jixi 姨
Shexian 姨
Huangshan (Tunxi) 姨
Jin Taiyuan 姨
Xinzhou 姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
Taibus (Baochang) 姨
Linhe 姨姨
Jining 姨
Hohhot 姨姨
Baotou 姨
Dongsheng 姨
Haibowan 姨媽
Northern Min Jian'ou 嫲仔, 姨嫲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姨, 姨
Fuzhou (Changle) 依姨
Fuqing 大姨 >, 姨囝 <
Yongtai 依姨
Gutian 大姨 >, 細姨 <
Fu'an 姨
Ningde 姨
Shouning 姨奶
Zhouning 姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
Fuding 姨奶
Matsu 依姨
Singapore (Fuqing) 姨姨
Southern Min Xiamen 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Quanzhou 阿姨, 姨
Zhangzhou 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Kaohsiung 阿姨
Yilan 阿姨
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姨
Taichung 阿姨
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿姨
Tainan 阿姨
Taitung 阿姨
Hsinchu 阿姨
Penghu (Magong) 阿姨
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姨, 姨
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿姨
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姨
Pingnan (Shangdu) 姨仔 >, 細姨 <
Chaozhou 阿姨
Shantou 阿姨, 母姨
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿姨
Jieyang 阿姨
Haifeng 姨
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姨
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姨
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姨
Leizhou 尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
Haikou 姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min Putian 阿姨
Xianyou 阿姨
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娘, 阿娘
Wu Shanghai 姨媽, 阿姨
Shanghai (Chongming) 娘姨
Suzhou 娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
Danyang 姨娘
Hangzhou 姨娘
Ningbo 姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
Wenzhou 阿娘
Jinhua 姨娘
Xiang Changsha 姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
Loudi 大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
Shuangfeng 大大娘 >, 姨基 <
Hengyang 姨娘 >, 大娘 >, 姨唧 <
Quanzhou 姨, 娘娘
Note § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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姨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: い (i)
  • Kan-on: い (i)
  • Kun: おば (oba, 姨)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
姨
い
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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姨(い) • (i) 

  1. a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
  2. a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
  3. a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
姨
いもしゅうとめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姨 – see the following entry.
【妹姑いもしゅうとめ】
[noun] a wife's sister
(This term, 姨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì

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