姊

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See also: 姉 and 姐
姊 U+59CA, 姊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CA
← 姉
[U+59C9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 始 →
[U+59CB]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

姊 (radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女中X竹 (VLXH), four-corner 40427, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 姊
alternative forms 姉
𡛷

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (秭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
姊 *ʔsiʔ
秭 *ʔsiʔ
趀 *sʰi
笫 *ʔsriʔ, *ʔsrɯʔ
胏 *ʔsrɯʔ
柹 *zrɯʔ
柿 *zrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsiʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 𠂔 ().

Etymology[edit]

From Mon-Khmer; compare Old Mon kuṁci (“sister”) (Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler (2007) notes that connection with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dzar (“sister (of man)”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzər ~ tsər (Benedict, 1974) is "phonetically less direct".

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: jiě - more commonly used in Taiwan, also written as 姐.
Note: ze2 - usually written as 姐.
Note:
  • chí, ché/chié - vernacular, also written as 姐 (especially for ché);
  • chú/chír - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • 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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zi2
    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[edit]

    姊

    1. elder sister
      姊妹  ―  zǐmèi  ―  sisters

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 姊
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姐姐
    Mandarin Beijing 姐姐, 姐
    Taiwan 姐姐
    Ulanhot 大姐
    Tongliao 大姐
    Chifeng 姐姐
    Bayanhot 姐姐
    Hailar 大姐
    Harbin 姐姐
    Shenyang 姐姐
    Muping 姐
    Jinan 姐姐
    Luoyang 姐
    Wanrong 姐
    Zhengzhou 姐
    Xi'an 姐
    Yinchuan 姐姐
    Lanzhou 姐姐
    Xining 姐姐, 姐
    Ürümqi 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
    Wuhan 姐姐
    Huanggang 姐
    Chengdu 姐姐, 姐
    Guiyang 姐
    Kunming 姐姐
    Liuzhou 姐, 阿姐
    Xuzhou 姐姐
    Yangzhou 姐姐
    Nanjing 姐姐
    Hefei 姐姐
    Nantong 姐姐
    Malaysia 姐姐
    Singapore 姐姐
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 姐姐
    Cantonese Guangzhou 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
    Hong Kong 家姐, 姐姐
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姊
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 家姐
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿姐
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿姐
    Macau 家姐
    Panyu 阿家 ><, 家姐 <>
    Huadu (Huashan) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Conghua 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Zengcheng 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Foshan 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Nanhai (Shatou) 大姊
    Shunde 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Sanshui 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Gaoming (Mingcheng) 阿姐 ><
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 阿家 ><, 大姊 <>
    Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 阿姐
    Doumen 阿姐
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姐
    Xinhui 阿姐
    Taishan 阿姊
    Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姐
    Enping (Niujiang) 阿姊
    Heshan (Yayao) 阿家
    Dongguan 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Bao'an (Shajing) 大姊, 姊 ><
    Shaoguan 家姐, 阿姐
    Yunfu 阿姐, 大姐
    Yangjiang 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
    Xinyi 阿𡜵, 大𡜵
    Lianjiang 大姊, 姐姐
    Danzhou 姊
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 家姐
    Singapore (Guangfu) 家姐
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 家姐
    Gan Nanchang 姐姐, 姐
    Lichuan 霞姊
    Pingxiang 姐姐
    Hakka Meixian 阿姊
    Xingning 阿姊
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姐
    Huiyang 阿姊
    Huidong (Daling) 阿姊
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姐
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姐
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Changbu) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Meilin) 阿姐
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿姊
    Wengyuan 阿姊
    Qujiang 姊姊
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姊
    Liannan 阿姊
    Conghua (Lütian) 阿姊
    Jiexi 阿姊
    Luhe 阿姊
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿姊
    Changting 姊姊, 姊里
    Wuping 老姊
    Wuping (Yanqian) 阿姊
    Wuping (Pingyu) 姊
    Liancheng 嫫姐
    Ninghua 姊姊
    Yudu 姊姊
    Ningdu 姊姊
    Ruijin 姐姐
    Shicheng 姊姊
    Shangyou 姊姊
    Tonggu (Sandu) 姊姊
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 大姊
    Dayu 姊佬
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姊
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿姊
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 阿姊
    Dongshi (Dabu) 阿姊
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 阿姊
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿姊
    Hong Kong 阿姐
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿姊
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿姊
    Xinyi (Sihe) 大姊
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿姊
    Dianbai (Shalang) 阿姊
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿姊
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿姊
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿姊
    Mengshan (Xihe) 姐
    Luchuan 姊
    Sabah (Longchuan) 阿姊
    Senai (Huiyang) 阿姊
    Batu Kawa (Sungai Tapang) 阿姊
    Singkawang 阿姊
    Huizhou Jixi 姐姐, 姐
    Shexian 姐姐
    Tunxi 姐兒
    Xiuning 阿姐
    Yixian 姐姐
    Qimen 姐兒
    Wuyuan 姐, 姐姐
    Fuliang 姐, 姐姐
    Dexing 姊
    Jin Taiyuan 姐姐
    Pingyao 大大
    Xinzhou 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
    Taibus (Baochang) 姐姐
    Linhe 姐姐
    Jining 姐姐
    Hohhot 姐姐
    Baotou 姐姐
    Dongsheng 姐姐
    Haibowan 姐姐
    Min Bei Jian'ou 姊仔, 姊姊
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿姊
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿姊
    Jianyang 姊仔
    Wuyishan 姊仔
    Pucheng (Shibei) 阿姊
    Min Dong Fuzhou 依姐
    Changle 依姐
    Fuqing 阿姊
    Yongtai 依姐
    Gutian 姐
    Fu'an 姊哥
    Ningde 姊
    Shouning 阿姊
    Zhouning 阿姊
    Fuding 阿姊
    Matsu 依姐
    Min Nan Xiamen 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
    Quanzhou 阿姊, 姊
    Jinjiang 阿姊
    Yongchun 阿姊, 大姊
    Dehua 阿姊
    Zhangzhou 阿姊
    Changtai 大姊
    Zhangpu 阿姊
    Zhao'an 姊
    Taipei 阿姊
    Kaohsiung 阿姊
    Tainan 阿姊
    Taichung 阿姊
    Hsinchu 阿姊
    Lukang 阿姊
    Sanxia 阿姊
    Yilan 阿姊
    Kinmen 俺姊
    Magong 阿姊
    Penang (Hokkien) 姊, 姊姊
    Singapore (Hokkien) 大姊, 阿姊
    Manila (Hokkien) 阿姊
    Zhangping 姐
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺姐
    Datian 阿姐
    Chaozhou 阿姐
    Shantou 姐
    Chaoyang 阿姐
    Jieyang 阿姐
    Haifeng 姐姐
    Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姐
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姐
    Leizhou 尼姊, 姊
    Wenchang 姐, 大姊, 阿姐
    Haikou 阿姐, 大姊
    Singapore (Hainanese) 阿姐
    Puxian Min Putian 阿姊
    Xianyou 阿咍, 阿姊
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 家 ><, 大姐 <>
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姐, 千金小 euphemistic
    Shehua Fu'an 阿姊
    Fuding 阿姊
    Luoyuan 阿姊
    Sanming 阿姊
    Shunchang 阿姊
    Hua'an 阿姊
    Guixi (Zhangping) 阿姊
    Cangnan 姊
    Jingning 阿姊
    Lishui 姊
    Longyou 阿姊
    Chaozhou 阿姊
    Fengshun 阿姊
    Wu Shanghai 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
    Chongming 阿姐, 姐姐
    Suzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
    Wuxi 阿姊, 姐姐
    Danyang 姐姐
    Hangzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
    Ningbo 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐
    Wenzhou 阿姹, 阿姐
    Jinhua 姊姊兒, 姊姊
    Xiang Changsha 姐姐
    Shuangfeng 姐姐
    Loudi 姐姐, 姊姊
    Note >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    姊

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings[edit]

    • Go-on: し (shi)
    • Kan-on: し (shi)
    • Kun: あね (ane, 姊); はは (haha, 姊)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    姊 • (ja) (hangeul 자)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    姊: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ, tỷ, chị

    honourific for a woman older than speaker ("older sister" but not necessarily blood-related)

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