姿

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

姿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人女 (IOV) or 一人女 (MOV), four-corner 3740₄, composition ⿱次女)

Related charactersEdit

次盗

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 261, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6257
Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 6
Unihan data for U+59FF

ChineseEdit

trad.		姿
simp. ^#		姿

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 姿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	ʔsli, zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	zli, zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsli): phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̆
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
  - Tâi-lô: tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪ/

Rime
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姿
Reading #	1/1
No.	1787
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

DefinitionsEdit

姿

manner; carriage; bearing
looks; appearance

CompoundsEdit

中姿
仙姿
仙姿玉色
多彩多姿 (duōcǎiduōzī)
天姿 (tiānzī)
姱姿
姿姿媚媚
姿媚
姿色 (zīsè)
姿首
婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
媚姿姿
掩映生姿
搔首弄姿
毛施淑姿
淑姿
瑰姿
神姿
舞姿 (wǔzī)

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	姿
Kyūjitai ^[1]	姿󠄁 姿+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	姿󠄄 姿+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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KanjiEdit

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

figure, shape

ReadingsEdit

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)
Nanori: かた (kata); しな (shina); たか (taka)

EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
姿
すがた Grade: 6
kun’yomi

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PronunciationEdit

(Tokyo) すがた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡa̠ta̠]

NounEdit

姿(すがた) • (sugata)

figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape
刻(こく)々(こく)と姿(すがた)を変(か)える雲(くも)
kokukoku to sugata o kaeru kumo
the clouds, continuously changing their shape

着(き)物(もの)姿(すがた)を見(み)せる
kimono-sugata o miseru
to present one's kimonoed self

○○の愛国者(あいこくしゃ)としての姿(すがた)
○○ no aikokusha to shite no sugata
the aspect of X as a patriot

ReferencesEdit

^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

姿 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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OkinawanEdit

KanjiEdit

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

Kun: すがい (sugai, 姿)

CompoundsEdit

沖縄姿 (うちなーすがい) (uchināsugai)

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

姿: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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