姿

姿	U+59FF, 姿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FF

Translingual

Han character

姿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 戈人女 (IOV) or 一人女 (MOV), four-corner 3740₄, composition ⿱次女)

Derived characters

㾳𪦌𤦾𡤜𬢴𭒰

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6257
Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 6
Unihan data for U+59FF

Chinese

trad.		姿
simp. ^#		姿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	ʔsli, zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	zli, zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsli): phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu / chi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
  - Tâi-lô: tsir
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
  - Tâi-lô: tsi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy
  - Sinological IPA (Jinjiang): /t͡si³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
No.	1787
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

姿

manner; carriage; bearing
looks; appearance

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	姿
Kyūjitai ^[1]	姿󠄁 姿+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	姿󠄄 姿+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

姿

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

figure, shape

Readings

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)
Nanori: かた (kata)、しな (shina)、たか (taka)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姿
すがた Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
相

From Old Japanese.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “素 (su, “plain”) +‎ 形 (kata, “shape”) with rendaku?”

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すがた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

姿(すがた) • (sugata)

figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape
刻(こく)々(こく)と姿(すがた)を変(か)える雲(くも)
kokukoku to sugata o kaeru kumo
the clouds, continuously changing their shape

着(き)物(もの)姿(すがた)を見(み)せる
kimono-sugata o miseru
to present one's kimonoed self

○○の愛国者(あいこくしゃ)としての姿(すがた)
○○ no aikokusha to shite no sugata
the aspect of X as a patriot

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“姿”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

姿 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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Okinawan

Kanji

姿

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: すがい (sugai, 姿)

Compounds

沖縄姿(うちなーすがい) (uchināsugai)

Vietnamese

Han character

姿: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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