姊

See also: 姉 and 姐

Translingual

Han character

姊 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中X竹 (VLXH), four-corner 4042₇, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6164
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1032, character 9
• Unihan data for U+59CA

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		姊

Alternative forms

• 姉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ, jiě (zi³, jie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi², ze²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tzu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
    • Note: The 'jiě' reading is more commonly used in Taiwan Guoyu..
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi², ze²
    • Yale: jí, jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi², dze²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ts][i]jʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsiʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][i]jʔ/
English	older sister
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17870
Phonetic component	秭
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𡛷
Old Chinese	/*ʔsiʔ/

Definitions

姊

1. elder sister

See also

• 姐 (jiě)

---

Japanese

Kanji

姊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: あね (ane), はは (haha)

---

Korean

Hanja

姊 • ‎(ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

姊 (tỉ, tỷ, chị)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.