美姫
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | |
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美 | 姫 |
び Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
kan'on |
First appears in texts from the early 1800s, in a snippet purportedly from the Chinese classic Records of the Grand Historian.[1] Ultimately from Middle Chinese *美姬 (MC mijX ki, literally “beautiful + (feminine) beauty”). Compare Min Nan reading bí kì.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editEtymology 2
editKanji in this term | |
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美 | 姫 |
み Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
goon |
Attachment of felicitous characters to the existing feminine name Miki.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- a female given name
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 姫 read as き
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