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U+59EB, 姫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB

[U+59EA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59EC]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +6 in Chinese and Korean, 女+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 41417, composition )

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References

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *ɡiŋ)

Etymology 1

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trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. cautious; prudent
    Synonym: 謹慎谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. princess
  2. concubine
  3. woman

Readings

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From its original form :

In its current form :

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ひめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

⟨pi1 me1 → */pʲimʲe//fime//hime/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of (hi, sun, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ (me, female person: girl, woman).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひめ) (hime

  1. the daughter of a high-ranking person
    Coordinate term: (hiko)
    1. a noblewoman
    2. a princess
      Synonyms: 王女 (ōjo), 皇女 (kōjo), プリンセス (purinsesu)
  2. (euphemistic) a woman
    Coordinate term: (hiko)
  3. (regional slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
  4. Short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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See also
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Prefix

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(ひめ) (hime-

  1. cute
  2. small
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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(ひめ) (Hime

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ki).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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() (-ki

  1. lady
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (“cautious; prudent”).

Pronunciation

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (hui))

  1. Hanja form? of (Alternative form of ).

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: [1]
: Nôm readings: [1]

  1. chữ Hán form of (Alternative form of ).

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