姨

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姨 U+59E8, 姨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8
← 姧
[U+59E7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姩 →
[U+59E9]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 45432, composition ⿰女夷)

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+59E8

Chinese[edit]

trad. 姨
simp. # 姨
2nd round simp. 𫰆

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 姨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (夷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桋 *l'iːl, *lil
荑 *l'iːl, *lil
銕 *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd
鴺 *l'iːl, *lil
鮧 *l'iːl, *lil
洟 *l̥ʰiːls, *lil
羠 *ljilʔ, *lil
咦 *hril
夷 *lil
姨 *lil
痍 *lil
峓 *lil
恞 *lil
眱 *lil
蛦 *lil
胰 *lil, *lɯ
跠 *lil

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: yír - “maternal aunt”.
Rime
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以脂切
Baxter yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ji/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ji/
Li
Rong 		/i/
Wang
Li 		/ji/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
No. 14863
Phonetic
component 		夷
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		姨
Old
Chinese 		/*lil/

Definitions[edit]

姨

  1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)
    二姨  ―  èr yí  ―  mother's second eldest sister
  2. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
  3. aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
  4. (historical) father's concubine

Synonyms[edit]

  • (maternal aunt):
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姨母
Mandarin Beijing 姨媽 §, 姨兒
Taiwan 阿姨, 姨媽
Ulanhot 姨
Tongliao 姨娘
Chifeng 姨
Bayanhot 姨媽, 姨
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 姨
Harbin 姨
Shenyang 姨娘 §, 姨
Yantai (Muping) 姨
Jinan 姨
Luoyang 姨
Wanrong 姨
Zhengzhou 姨
Xi'an 姨媽 >, 姨 <
Yinchuan 姨媽
Lanzhou 姨娘
Xining 姨娘
Ürümqi 姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
Wuhan 姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
Chengdu 姨媽, 娘娘
Guiyang 姨媽
Kunming 姨媽
Guilin 姨媽
Liuzhou 姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Xuzhou 姨
Yangzhou 姨娘
Nanjing 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Hefei 姨媽 §, 姨娘
Nantong 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
Singapore 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Cantonese Guangzhou 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
Hong Kong 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姨, 阿姨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Macau 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Panyu) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
Guangzhou (Conghua) 大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 姨母 >, 姨 <
Foshan (Shunde) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿姨
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姨, 姨媽 >
Jiangmen (Baisha) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姨
Taishan 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姨
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姨
Heshan (Yayao) 阿姨
Dongguan 阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 姨
Shaoguan 姨媽, 阿姨
Yunfu 阿姨
Yangjiang 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Xinyi 𡜵奶
Lianjiang 𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
Nanning 姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
Wuzhou 阿姨
Yulin 姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
Hepu (Lianzhou) 姨婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 姨媽, 阿姨
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan Nanchang 姨, 姨娘
Lichuan 姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
Pingxiang 姨娘
Hakka Meixian 阿姨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姨
Dongguan (Qingxi) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大姨, 晚姨 <
Conghua (Lütian) 阿姨
Yudu 姨, 姨奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姨
Hong Kong 大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿姨
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姨
Singkawang 阿姨
Huizhou Jixi 姨
Shexian 姨
Tunxi 姨
Jin Taiyuan 姨
Xinzhou 姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
Taibus (Baochang) 姨
Linhe 姨姨
Jining 姨
Hohhot 姨姨
Baotou 姨
Dongsheng 姨
Haibowan 姨媽
Northern Min Jian'ou 嫲仔, 姨嫲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姨, 姨
Changle 依姨
Fuqing 大姨 >, 姨囝 <
Yongtai 依姨
Gutian 大姨 >, 細姨 <
Fu'an 姨
Ningde 姨
Shouning 姨奶
Zhouning 姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
Fuding 姨奶
Matsu 依姨
Singapore (Fuqing) 姨姨
Southern Min Xiamen 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Quanzhou 阿姨, 姨
Zhangzhou 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Kaohsiung 阿姨
Yilan 阿姨
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姨
Taichung 阿姨
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿姨
Tainan 阿姨
Taitung 阿姨
Hsinchu 阿姨
Penghu (Magong) 阿姨
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姨, 姨
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿姨
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姨
Pingnan (Shangdu) 姨仔 >, 細姨 <
Chaozhou 阿姨
Shantou 阿姨, 母姨
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿姨
Jieyang 阿姨
Haifeng 姨
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姨
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姨
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姨
Leizhou 尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
Haikou 姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min Putian 阿姨
Xianyou 阿姨
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娘, 阿娘
Wu Shanghai 姨媽, 阿姨
Shanghai (Chongming) 娘姨
Suzhou 娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
Danyang 姨娘
Hangzhou 姨娘
Ningbo 姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
Wenzhou 阿娘
Jinhua 姨娘
Xiang Changsha 姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
Loudi 大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
Shuangfeng 大大娘 >, 姨基 <
Quanzhou 姨, 娘娘
Note § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

姨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

  • Go-on: い (i)
  • Kan-on: い (i)
  • Kun: おば (oba, 姨)

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
姨
い
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

姨(い) • (i) 

  1. a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
  2. a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
  3. a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
姨
いもしゅうとめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姨 – see the following entry.
【妹姑いもしゅうとめ】
[noun] a wife's sister
(This term, 姨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì

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