Wiktionary

姬

See also: 姫
姬 U+59EC, 姬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EC
← 姫
[U+59EB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姭 →
[U+59ED]

姬 U+2F862, 姬
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F862
← 𡛪
[U+2F861] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 娛 →
[U+2F863]

Translingual edit

Traditional 姬
Simplified 姬
Japanese 姫
Korean 姬

Alternative forms edit

The character commonly used in Japanese is 姫 (U+59EB). Note that the Korean form is written with 𦣝 as the right component, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Han character edit

姬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL), four-corner 41417, composition ⿰女𦣞(GHT) or ⿰女𦣝(K))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6230
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1049, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+59EC

Chinese edit

trad. 姬
simp. # 姬
alternative forms 姫
㚶
 
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 姬
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (頤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茝 *kʰljɯːʔ, *kljɯʔ
洍 *ljɯʔ, *lɯ
姬 *klɯ, *lɯ
宧 *lɯ
頤 *lɯ
弬 *lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klɯ, *lɯ) : semantic 女 (“woman; matrilateral family line; family name”) + phonetic 𦣞 ().

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Zhou dynastic surname
Its eponym was traditionally held to the river 姬 (Jī), which has been identified with the river 汾 (Fén) in Shanxi. However, Pulleyblank (2000) points out that "there seems to be no record of a Ji River outside the myth" of the Yellow Emperor.
Instead, he suggests an etymological connection between "the two intermarrying moieties, a ruling clan and its collateral, wife-supplying counterpart": 姬 (OC *(C)ɰə̀ɰ) and 姜 (*(C)ɰàŋ). He also points to other word-pairs, including 似 (MC ziX, “to resemble”) < *-əɰʔ and 像 (MC zjangX, “to imitate, image”) < *-aŋʔ, which display the phonetic correspondences: *-ɰ vs. *-ŋ as well *-ə- vs. *-a- (ibid.)
lady (ancient laudatory title for women)
According to Yan Shigu (apud Kangxi Dictionary):
姬本周姓，其女貴於列國之女，所以婦人美號皆稱姬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
姬本周姓，其女贵于列国之女，所以妇人美号皆称姬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Kangxi zidian
Jī běn Zhōu xìng, qí nǚ guì yú lièguó zhī nǚ, suǒyǐ fùrén měihào jiē chēng jī. [Pinyin]
Ji ("姬") was originally the surname of the Zhou; their princesses were more honorable than princesses of other states; therefore women with laudatory appellations are all called Ji ("姬").
"gay"
Homophonous with 基 (jī) or English gay (in Cantonese) and already carrying feminine connotations. Probably influenced by Japanese 姫(ひめ) (hime, “princess”).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 姬
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居之切
Baxter ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨ/
Li
Rong 		/kiə/
Wang
Li 		/kĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 姬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ki ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k](r)ə/
English (family name)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姬
Reading # 1/2
No. 14882
Phonetic
component 		頤
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		姬
Old
Chinese 		/*klɯ/

Definitions edit

姬

  1. a surname, used by the ruling family of the House of Zhou
    王姬  ―  Wáng Jī  ―  (historical) Royal (Princess) Ji (formal appellation for various women born out of the royal house of Zhou)
    諸姬／诸姬  ―  zhūjī  ―  (historical) the various Ji (collective appellation for various nobles and states' rulers patrilineally related to the royal house of Zhou)
  2. (literary) lady (ancient laudatory title for women)
  3. (mythology) name of a river
  4. (literary) beauty
  5. (literary) concubine
  6. (neologism, slang) Synonym of 基 (jī, “gay”), with a feminine connotation; lesbian
    搞姬  ―  gǎojī  ―  to engage in lesbian activities
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 妾, 偏房
Mandarin Beijing 小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒
Taiwan 小老婆, 姨太太
Harbin 小老婆
Yantai (Muping) 小老婆兒, 小婆子
Jinan 小老婆
Luoyang 小老婆兒
Wanrong 小婆子
Xi'an 小婆子, 小
Yinchuan 小老婆, 小
Lanzhou 小老婆
Ürümqi 小老婆
Wuhan 小堂客, 小, 姨太太
Chengdu 小老婆, 小婆子
Guiyang 小婆娘, 姨太太
Liuzhou 小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Xuzhou 小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Nanjing 小老婆
Singapore 小老婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 細婆, 妾侍
Hong Kong 細婆, 妾侍
Dongguan 細婆
Gan Nanchang 小老婆, 小
Lichuan 小婆
Pingxiang 小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka Meixian 小婆
Yudu 小老婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 細姐, 細婆, 偏房
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 細姐, 細婆, 偏房
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 細姐, 細姨, 偏房
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 細姐, 細婆, 偏房
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 細姨, 偏房
Huizhou Jixi 細老嫗
Jin Taiyuan 小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
Xinzhou 小婆子
Northern Min Jian'ou 小嬤
Eastern Min Fuzhou 細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐：face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min Xiamen 細姨
Quanzhou 細姨
Jinjiang 細姨
Zhangzhou 細姨
Taipei 細姨
New Taipei (Sanxia) 細姨
Kaohsiung 細姨
Yilan 細姨
Changhua (Lukang) 細姨
Taichung 細姨
Tainan 細姨
Hsinchu 細姨
Kinmen 細姨
Penghu (Magong) 細姨
Manila (Hokkien) 細姨
Leizhou 細娘
Haikou 細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 細婆
Wu Shanghai 小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
Shanghai (Chongming) 小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
Suzhou 小老媽
Danyang 小老媽
Hangzhou 小老婆
Ningbo 小老𡢿
Wenzhou 姨娘, 姨娘兒
Jinhua 小老婆, 小婆
Xiang Changsha 小婆子, 小堂客
Loudi 小

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 姬
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與之切
Baxter yi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jɨ/
Li
Rong 		/iə/
Wang
Li 		/jĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姬
Reading # 2/2
No. 14887
Phonetic
component 		頤
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		飴
Old
Chinese 		/*lɯ/

Definitions edit

姬

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Japanese edit

Kanji edit

姬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. alternative form of 姫

Readings edit

Definitions edit

Kanji in this term
姬
ひめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姬 – see the following entry: 姫

(The following entry is uncreated: 姫.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

  1. woman

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

姬: Hán Nôm readings: cơ

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