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U+59D0, 姐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D0

[U+59CF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59D1]

Translingual

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Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 47410, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
  • Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+59D0

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms ancient

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsjaːʔ) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chiá - literary;
  • ché - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡siaX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siaX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ze2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10376
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsjaːʔ/

Definitions

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  1. elder sister
      ―  jiějiě  ―  elder sister
      ―  jiěmèi  ―  sisters
  2. woman; lady; madame
      ―  xiǎojiě  ―  young lady, Miss"
  3. (dialectal) mother (According to Xu Shen, this meaning was used in the ancient State of Shu: "蜀謂母曰姐")
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Thai: เจ๊ (jée, older sister) / เจ้ (jêe, older sister) (said by Chinese race; now more general)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (archaic) Alternative form of (, pampered; spoiled)

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“only; just; simply; merely; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kun: あね (ane, )あねえ (anē, )あんねえ (annē, )いね (ine, )ねえ (, )

Noun

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(あね) (ane

  1. Alternative form of

Korean

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Hanja

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(jeo) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả

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