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 (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 X女尸中中 (XVSLL), four-corner 41417, composition ⿰女臣)

References

Wikidata

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 姫

Pronunciation

Definitions

姫

  1. ‡ cautious; prudent
    Synonyms: 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 姫 – see 姬 (“beauty; imperial concubine; etc.”).
(This character, 姫, is a variant form of 姬.)

References

Japanese

Kanji
姫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. princess
  2. concubine
  3. woman

Readings

From its original form 姬:

  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: ひめ (hime, 姫, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: こひめ (kohime); ひめさき (himesaki); れもん (remon)

In its current form 姫:

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
姫
ひめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

⟨pi1 me1⟩ → */pʲimʷe/ → /fime/ → /hime/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, a prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ 女 (me, “woman”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

姫 (hiragana ひめ, rōmaji hime)

  1. the daughter of a high-ranking person
    1. a noblewoman
    2. a princess
      Synonyms: 王女 (ōjo), 皇女 (kōjo), プリンセス (purinsesu)
  2. (euphemistic) a woman
    Antonym: 彦 (hiko)
  3. (regional slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
  4. Short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

Prefix

姫 (hiragana ひめ, rōmaji hime-)

  1. cute
  2. small
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 姫 (ひめ)鏡 (きょう)台 (だい) (hime-kyōdai)
  • 姫 (ひめ)小 (こ)松 (まつ) (hime-komatsu)
  • 姫 (ヒメ)百 (ユ)合 (リ) (himeyuri)

Proper noun

姫 (hiragana ひめ, rōmaji Hime)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
姫
き
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姬 (MC jɨ).

Pronunciation

Suffix

姫 (hiragana き, rōmaji -ki)

  1. girl; maiden; woman
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 寵 (ちょう)姫 (き) (chōki)
  • 美 (び)姫 (き) (biki)
  • 舞 (ぶ)姫 (き) (buki)
  • 妖 (よう)姫 (き) (yōki)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
姫
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姫 (“cautious; prudent”).

Pronunciation

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

姫 (eum 희 (hui))

  1. Hanja form? of 희 (“Alternative form of 姬”).

Vietnamese

Han character

姫: Hán Việt readings: cơ[1]
姫: Nôm readings: cơ[1]

  1. Hán tự form of cơ (“Alternative form of 姬”).

References
  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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