姿

姿 U+59FF, 姿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FF ← 姾 [U+59FE] CJK Unified Ideographs 娀 → [U+5A00]

Translingual

Han character

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

Related characters

• 次 盗

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		姿

Glyph origin

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”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chir / chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Wade–Giles: tzu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• 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/

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• 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

• 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/

Definitions

姿

1. manner; carriage; bearing
2. looks; appearance

Compounds

• 中姿
• 丰姿
• 丰姿冶麗／丰姿冶丽
• 丰姿綽約／丰姿绰约
• 仙姿
• 仙姿玉色
• 低姿勢／低姿势
• 低姿態／低姿态 (dīzītài)
• 國色天姿／国色天姿
• 多姿多采
• 多彩多姿
• 多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
• 天姿 (tiānzī)
• 天姿國色／天姿国色
• 姱姿
• 姿勢／姿势 (zīshì)
• 姿姿媚媚
• 姿媚
• 姿態／姿态 (zītài)

• 姿色 (zīsè)
• 姿質／姿质 (zīzhì)
• 姿首
• 婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
• 媚姿姿
• 嬌姿／娇姿
• 掩映生姿
• 搔頭弄姿／搔头弄姿
• 搔首弄姿
• 搖曳生姿／摇曳生姿
• 擺姿勢／摆姿势
• 毛施淑姿
• 淑姿
• 濁質凡姿／浊质凡姿
• 瑰姿
• 瓊姿／琼姿
• 神姿
• 絢麗多姿／绚丽多姿
• 綽約多姿／绰约多姿

• 舞姿 (wǔzī)
• 花柳之姿
• 英姿 (yīngzī)
• 英姿煥發／英姿焕发
• 英姿邁往／英姿迈往
• 英姿颯爽／英姿飒爽
• 蒲柳之姿 (púliǔzhīzī)
• 豔姿／艳姿
• 郎才女姿
• 雄姿 (xióngzī)
• 顧影弄姿／顾影弄姿
• 顧盼生姿／顾盼生姿
• 風姿／风姿 (fēngzī)
• 風姿瀟灑／风姿潇洒
• 風姿綽約／风姿绰约
• 颯爽英姿／飒爽英姿
• 鶴骨松姿／鹤骨松姿
• 龍章鳳姿／龙章凤姿
• 龍鳳之姿／龙凤之姿

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Japanese

Kanji

姿

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. figure, shape

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​がた [súꜜgàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

姿 (hiragana すがた, rōmaji sugata)

1. figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape

   刻々 (こくこく)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

   着物 (きもの)姿 (すがた)を見 (み)せる

   kimonosugata o miseru

   to present one's kimono-ed self

References

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

姿 (tư)

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