姫

See also: 姬

姫 U+59EB, 姫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB ← 姪 [U+59EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 姬 → [U+59EC]

Translingual

Han character

姫 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6 in Chinese and Korean, 女+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女尸中中 (VSLL) or 難女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女臣)

Related characters

• 姬 (Original form for the meaning "princess")

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6229
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59EB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 臣 (OC *ɡiŋ)

Etymology 1

trad.		姫
simp. #		姫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/

Definitions

姫

1. (historical dictionaries only) cautious; prudent

   Synonym: 謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 姫 – see 姬. (This character is a variant form of 姬).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02079