姫

姫 U+59EB, 姫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB ← 姪 [U+59EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 姬 → [U+59EC]

See also: 姬

Translingual

Han character

姫 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女臣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6229
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59EB

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 姫 – see 姬. (This character is a variant form of 姬).

Etymology 2

trad.		姫
simp. #		姫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 姫

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Japanese

Kanji

姫

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 姬)

Readings

As shinjitai kanji of 姬:

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ひめ (hime, 姫, Jōyō)
• Nanori: こひめ (kohime); ひめさき (himesaki); れもん (remon)

As unsimplified kanji 姫:

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: かしこまる (kashikomaru, 姫まる)

Compounds

Compounds

• お姫(ひめ) (ohime): princess
• 姫様(ひめさま) (hime-sama): honorable princess (term of address or reference)
• お姫様抱(ひめさまだ)っこ (o-hime-sama dakko): (slang) bridal carry: the manner of carrying a bride over a threshold
• 歌姫(うたひめ) (utahime): a chanteuse, a female singer

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姫
ひめ Grade: S
kun’yomi

/pi₁me₁/: *[pime] → [ɸime] → [hime]

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese. Compound of .

Noun

姫(ひめ) • (hime) 

1. a noblewoman, a lady, a princess
2. (euphemistic) a woman
3. (slang) in the Kyōto and Ōsaka areas, a prostitute
4. short for 姫糊 (himenori), a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice

Prefix

姫(ひめ) • (hime-) 

1. prefix expressing cuteness or smallness

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 月(つき)の姫(ひめ) (tsuki-no-hime): the princess of the moon: Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
• 木花之開耶姫(このはなのさくひめ) (Ko-no-hana-no-saku-hime): (Shintō): in Japanese mythology, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life

Synonyms

• (princess): プリンセス (purinsesu): princess
• (princess): 皇女(こうじょ) (kōjo): an imperial princess
• (princess): 王女(おうじょ) (ōjo): a king's daughter: a princess

See also

• 女皇(じょこう) (jokō): an empress
• 女王(じょおう) (joō): a queen
• 彦(ひこ) (hiko): a prince
• 娘(むすめ) (musume): a daughter
• 乙(おと)女(め) (otome): a maiden; a virgin
• Princess on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Noblewoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Korean

Hanja

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

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