Wiktionary

姐

See also: 姊 and 姉
姐 U+59D0, 姐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D0
← 姏
[U+59CF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姑 →
[U+59D1]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

姐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 47410, composition ⿰女且)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 258, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
  • Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+59D0

ChineseEdit

trad. 姐
simp. # 姐
alternative forms 媎 ancient

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 姐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虘 *zaːl, *zaː
蔖 *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣 *rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓 *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚 *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝 *ʔsjaː
謯 *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐 *ʔsjaːʔ
抯 *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷 *ʔsjaːʔ
且 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄 *sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡 *sʰjaːs
查 *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤 *ʔsraː
樝 *ʔsraː
皻 *ʔsraː
渣 *ʔsraː
楂 *zraː
苴 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租 *ʔsaː
蒩 *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖 *ʔsaːʔ
組 *ʔsaːʔ
珇 *ʔsaːʔ
靻 *ʔsaːʔ
粗 *sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂 *zaː
殂 *zaː
麆 *zaːʔ, *zras
伹 *zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆 *ʔsa, *sʰa
沮 *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀 *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽 *sʰa
雎 *sʰa
狙 *sʰa, *sʰas
岨 *sʰa
砠 *sʰa
坥 *sʰa, *sʰas
刞 *sʰas
覰 *sʰas
覷 *sʰas
跙 *zaʔ
筯 *das
菹 *ʔsra
葅 *ʔsra
阻 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎 *ʔsraʔ
詛 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏 *zra, *zraʔ
豠 *zra
鋤 *zra
耡 *zra, *zras
齟 *zraʔ
助 *zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsjaːʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • chiá - literary;
  • ché - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 姐
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 精 (13)
    Final (韻) 麻 (100)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 兹野切
    Baxter tsjaeX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡siaX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡siaX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡siaX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/t͡siaX/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡siaX/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡sĭaX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡si̯aX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiě
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ze2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 姐
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10376
    Phonetic
    component         		且
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		姐
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔsjaːʔ/

    DefinitionsEdit

    姐

    1. elder sister
      姐姐  ―  jiějiě  ―  elder sister
      姐妹  ―  jiěmèi  ―  sisters
    2. woman; lady; madame
      小姐  ―  xiǎojiě  ―  young lady, Miss
    3. (dialectal) mother
    SynonymsEdit
    Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 姊
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姐姐
    Mandarin Beijing 姐姐, 姐
    Taiwan 姐姐
    Ulanhot 大姐
    Tongliao 大姐
    Chifeng 姐姐
    Bayanhot 姐姐
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 大姐
    Harbin 姐姐
    Shenyang 姐姐
    Yantai (Muping) 姐
    Jinan 姐姐
    Luoyang 姐
    Wanrong 姐
    Zhengzhou 姐
    Xi'an 姐
    Yinchuan 姐姐
    Lanzhou 姐姐
    Xining 姐姐, 姐
    Ürümqi 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
    Wuhan 姐姐
    Huanggang 姐
    Chengdu 姐姐, 姐
    Guiyang 姐
    Kunming 姐姐
    Liuzhou 姐, 阿姐
    Xuzhou 姐姐
    Yangzhou 姐姐
    Nanjing 姐姐
    Hefei 姐姐
    Nantong 姐姐
    Malaysia 姐姐
    Singapore 姐姐
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 姐姐
    Cantonese Guangzhou 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
    Hong Kong 家姐, 姐姐
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姊
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 家姐
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿姐
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿姐
    Macau 家姐
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿家 ><, 家姐 <>
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Foshan 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 大姊
    Foshan (Shunde) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Foshan (Sanshui) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姐 ><
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 阿家 ><, 大姊 <>
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿姐
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姐
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姐
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姐
    Taishan 阿姊
    Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姐
    Enping (Niujiang) 阿姊
    Heshan (Yayao) 阿家
    Dongguan 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 大姊, 姊 ><
    Shaoguan 家姐, 阿姐
    Yunfu 阿姐, 大姐
    Yangjiang 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
    Xinyi 阿𡜵, 大𡜵
    Lianjiang 大姊, 姐姐
    Danzhou 姊
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 家姐
    Singapore (Guangfu) 家姐
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 家姐
    Gan Nanchang 姐姐, 姐
    Lichuan 霞姊
    Pingxiang 姐姐
    Hakka Meixian 阿姊
    Xingning 阿姊
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姐
    Huiyang 阿姊
    Huidong (Daling) 阿姊
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姐
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姐
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Changbu) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿姐
    Wuhua (Meilin) 阿姐
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿姊
    Wengyuan 阿姊
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 姊姊
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姊
    Liannan 阿姊
    Conghua (Lütian) 阿姊
    Jiexi 阿姊
    Luhe 阿姊
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿姊
    Changting 姊姊, 姊里
    Wuping 老姊
    Wuping (Yanqian) 阿姊
    Wuping (Pingyu) 姊
    Liancheng 嫫姐
    Ninghua 姊姊
    Yudu 姊姊
    Ningdu 姊姊
    Ruijin 姐姐
    Shicheng 姊姊
    Shangyou (Shexi) 姊姊
    Tonggu (Sandu) 姊姊
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 大姊
    Dayu 姊佬
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姊
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姊
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姊
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姊
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姊
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姊
    Hong Kong 阿姐
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿姊
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿姊
    Xinyi (Sihe) 大姊
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿姊
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿姊
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿姊
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿姊
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿姊
    Mengshan (Xihe) 姐
    Luchuan 姊
    Sabah (Longchuan) 阿姊
    Senai (Huiyang) 阿姊
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿姊
    Singkawang 阿姊
    Huizhou Jixi 姐姐, 姐
    Shexian 姐姐
    Tunxi 姐兒
    Xiuning 阿姐
    Yixian 姐姐
    Qimen 姐兒
    Wuyuan 姐, 姐姐
    Fuliang 姐, 姐姐
    Dexing 姊
    Jin Taiyuan 姐姐
    Pingyao 大大
    Xinzhou 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
    Taibus (Baochang) 姐姐
    Linhe 姐姐
    Jining 姐姐
    Hohhot 姐姐
    Baotou 姐姐
    Dongsheng 姐姐
    Haibowan 姐姐
    Min Bei Jian'ou 姊仔, 姊姊
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿姊
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿姊
    Jianyang 姊仔
    Wuyishan 姊仔
    Pucheng (Shibei) 阿姊
    Min Dong Fuzhou 依姐
    Changle 依姐
    Fuqing 阿姊
    Yongtai 依姐
    Gutian 姐
    Fu'an 姊哥
    Ningde 姊
    Shouning 阿姊
    Zhouning 阿姊
    Fuding 阿姊
    Matsu 依姐
    Min Nan Xiamen 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
    Quanzhou 阿姊, 姊
    Jinjiang 阿姊
    Yongchun 阿姊, 大姊
    Dehua 阿姊
    Zhangzhou 阿姊
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 大姊
    Zhangpu 阿姊
    Zhao'an 姊
    Taipei 阿姊
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿姊
    Kaohsiung 阿姊
    Yilan 阿姊
    Changhua (Lukang) 阿姊
    Taichung 阿姊
    Tainan 阿姊
    Hsinchu 阿姊
    Kinmen 俺姊
    Penghu (Magong) 阿姊
    Penang (Hokkien) 阿姊, 姊, 姊姊
    Singapore (Hokkien) 大姊, 阿姊
    Manila (Hokkien) 阿姊
    Zhangping 姐
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺姐
    Datian 阿姐
    Chaozhou 阿姐
    Shantou 姐
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 阿姐
    Jieyang 阿姐
    Haifeng 姐姐
    Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姐
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姐
    Singapore (Teochew) 阿姐
    Leizhou 尼姊, 姊
    Wenchang 姐, 大姊, 阿姐
    Haikou 阿姐, 大姊
    Singapore (Hainanese) 阿姐
    Puxian Min Putian 阿姊
    Xianyou 阿咍, 阿姊
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 家 ><, 大姐 <>
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姐, 千金小 euphemistic
    Shehua Fu'an 阿姊
    Fuding 阿姊
    Luoyuan 阿姊
    Sanming 阿姊
    Shunchang 阿姊
    Hua'an 阿姊
    Guixi (Zhangping) 阿姊
    Cangnan 姊
    Jingning 阿姊
    Lishui 姊
    Longyou 阿姊
    Chaozhou 阿姊
    Fengshun 阿姊
    Wu Shanghai 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
    Shanghai (Chongming) 阿姐, 姐姐
    Suzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
    Wuxi 阿姊, 姐姐
    Danyang 姐姐
    Hangzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
    Ningbo 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊
    Wenzhou 阿姹, 阿姐
    Jinhua 姊姊兒, 姊姊
    Xiang Changsha 姐姐
    Loudi 姐姐, 姊姊
    Shuangfeng 姐姐
    Note >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

    CompoundsEdit

    DescendantsEdit

    • → Thai: เจ๊ (jée, “older sister”) / เจ้ (jêe, “older sister”) (said by Chinese race; now more general)

    Etymology 2Edit

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    姐

    1. (archaic) Alternative form of 㜘 (jù, “pampered; spoiled”).

    Etymology 3Edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of 姐 – see 啫 (“only; just; simply; merely; etc.”).
    (This character, 姐, is a variant form of 啫.)

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    姐

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    ReadingsEdit

    NounEdit

    姐(あね) • (ane) 

    1. Alternative form of 姉

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    姐 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    姐: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả

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