姞

姞 U+59DE, 姞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DE ← 姝 [U+59DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 姟 → [U+59DF]

Translingual

Han character

姞 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土口 (VGR), four-corner 4446₁, composition ⿰女吉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6207
• Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 7
• Unihan data for U+59DE

Chinese

trad.		姞
simp. #		姞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秸	*kriːl, *kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	*kriːd, *kiːd
頡	*kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	*kiːd, *klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷	*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	*ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Etymology

Zuo zhuan explains it as 吉人 ("felicious person").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹
    • Yale: gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: git

Rime
Character	姞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	眞 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨乙切
Baxter	git
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjit̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姞
Reading #	1/1
No.	5703
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姞
Old Chinese	/*ɡrid/

Definitions

姞

1. a surname

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

Japanese

Kanji

姞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きつ (kitsu); きち (kichi)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

Korean

Hanja

姞 • (gil) (hangeul 길, revised gil, McCune–Reischauer kil)

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