美姫
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 姫 |
| び Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
| kan'on | |
First appears in texts from the early 1800s, in a snippet purportedly from the Chinese classic Records of the Grand Historian.[1] Ultimately from Middle Chinese *美姬 (MC mijX yi, literally “beautiful + (feminine) beauty”). Compare Min Nan reading bí kì.
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 姫 |
| み Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
| goon | |
A reanalysis of the kanji, applying the goon reading.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a female given name
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 美 read as び
- Japanese terms spelled with 姫 read as き
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- Japanese female given names