姫
See also: 姬
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
姫 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+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 ⿰女臣)
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 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 臣 (OC *ɡiŋ)
Etymology 1 edit
trad. | 姫 | |
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simp. # | 姫 |
Pronunciation edit
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姫
Etymology 2 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 姫 – see 姬. (This character is a variant form of 姬). |
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Japanese edit
Kanji edit
姫
Readings edit
From its original form 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)
In its current form 姫:
Etymology 1 edit
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姫 |
ひめ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
⟨pi1 me1⟩ → */pʲimʲe/ → /fime/ → /hime/
From Old Japanese.
Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) + 女 (me, “woman”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- the daughter of a high-ranking person
- a noblewoman
- a princess
- (euphemistic) a woman
- Antonym: 彦 (hiko)
- (regional slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
- Short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice
Alternative forms edit
- 媛 (hime)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 姫君 (himegimi)
- 姫様 (hime-sama): honorable princess (term of address or reference)
- 歌姫 (utahime): a chanteuse, a female singer
- 弟姫, 乙姫 (otohime)
- お姫様抱っこ (o-hime-sama dakko): (slang) bridal carry: the manner of carrying a bride over a threshold
- 織姫 (Orihime), 織り姫 (orihime)
- 木花之開耶姫 (Ko-no-hana-no-saku-ya-hime): (Shintō): in Japanese mythology, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life
- 佐保姫 (Sahohime), 佐保姫 (Saohime)
- 月の姫 (tsuki-no-hime): the princess of the moon: Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
- 舞姫 (maihime)
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Proper noun edit
- a place name
- a surname
- a female given name
Etymology 2 edit
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姫 |
き Grade: S |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 姬 (MC yi).
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Etymology 3 edit
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姫 |
しん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 姫 (“cautious; prudent”).
Pronunciation edit
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Korean edit
Hanja edit
姫 (eum 희 (hui))
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
姫: Hán Việt readings: cơ[1]
姫: Nôm readings: cơ[1]