姬

See also: 姫

姬 U+2F862, 姬 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F862 ← 𡛪 [U+2F861] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 娛 → [U+2F863]

Translingual

Traditional	姬
Simplified	姬
Japanese	姫
Korean	姬

Alternative forms

The character commonly used in Japanese is 姫 (U+59EB). Note that the Korean form is written with 𦣝 as the right component, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Han character

姬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女𦣞(GHT) or ⿰女𦣝(K))

Derived characters

• 𩠯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6230
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1049, character 15
• Unihan data for U+59EC

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Chinese

trad.		姬
simp. #		姬
alternative forms		姫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姬
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (頤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
茝	*kʰljɯːʔ, *kljɯʔ
洍	*ljɯʔ, *lɯ
姬	*klɯ, *lɯ
宧	*lɯ
頤	*lɯ
弬	*lɯ

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

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

"gay"

Homophonous with 基 (jī) and already carrying feminine connotations. Probably influenced by 姫(ひめ) (hime, “princess”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī, yí (ji¹, yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yi, ki

Rime
Character	姬	姬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與之切	居之切
Baxter	yi	ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/kie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/kɨ/
Li Rong	/iə/	/kiə/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/kĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klɯ/, /*lɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ ki ›
Old Chinese	/*[k](r)ə/
English	(family name)
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	姬	姬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14882	14887
Phonetic component	頤	頤
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	姬	飴
Old Chinese	/*klɯ/	/*lɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 姬

1. beauty
2. imperial concubine
3. used by the ruling family of the House of Zhou

   姬丹  ―  Jī Dān  ―  Crown Prince Dan (executed by his father Xi, King of Yan for sending Jing Ke to kill Qin Shi Huang)

4. (neologism, slang) Template:zh-synonym with a feminine connotation

   搞姬  ―  gǎojī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Japanese

Kanji

姬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 姫.

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime, 姬)
• Nanori: ひめ (hime); こひめ (kohime); ひめさき (himesaki); ぷりんせす (purinsesu); れもん (remon)

Noun

姬(ひめ) • (hime) 

1. 姫: princess; woman; prostitute; a kind of glue

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Korean

Hanja

姬 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

1. woman

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 姬 (cơ)

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