See also:
U+59EB, 姫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB

[U+59EA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59EC]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 38, +6 in Chinese and Korean, 女+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 41417, composition )

Related characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *ɡiŋ)

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. cautious; prudent
    Synonym: 謹慎谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

Etymology 2 edit

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

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. princess
  2. concubine
  3. woman

Readings edit

From its original form :

In its current form :

Etymology 1 edit

 
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Kanji in this term
ひめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

⟨pi1 me1 → */pʲimʲe//fime//hime/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of (hi, sun, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ (me, woman).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ひめ) (hime

  1. the daughter of a high-ranking person
    1. a noblewoman
    2. a princess
      Synonyms: 王女 (ōjo), 皇女 (kōjo), プリンセス (purinsesu)
  2. (euphemistic) a woman
    Antonym: (hiko)
  3. (regional slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
  4. Short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice
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Derived terms edit
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Prefix edit

(ひめ) (hime-

  1. cute
  2. small
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

 
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(ひめ) (Hime

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC yi).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

() (-ki

  1. girl; maiden; woman
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (“cautious; prudent”).

Pronunciation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (hui))

  1. Hanja form? of (Alternative form of ).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: [1]
: Nôm readings: [1]

  1. chữ Hán form of (Alternative form of ).

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