姕

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姕 U+59D5, 姕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D5
← 委
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姖 →

Translingual

Han character

姕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心女 (YPV), composition ⿱此女)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6183
  • Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+59D5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 姕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
些 *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐 *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴 *zreː
祡 *zreː
茈 *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦 *zreːs
砦 *zraːds
寨 *zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙 *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉 *sʰeːʔ
鮆 *zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥 *zeːs, *zes
貲 *ʔse
髭 *ʔse
頾 *ʔse
訾 *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜 *ʔse, *ze
鈭 *ʔse, *sʰe
姕 *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜 *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫 *ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
呰 *ʔseʔ
嘴 *ʔseʔ
雌 *sʰe
此 *sʰeʔ
佌 *sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛 *sʰes
疵 *ze
骴 *ze, *zes
胔 *ze, *zes
飺 *ze
齜 *ʔsre

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姕 姕
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 即移切 此移切
Baxter tsje tshje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇ/ /t͡sʰiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛ/ /t͡sʰiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjɛ/ /t͡sʰjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siə̆/ /t͡sʰiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sie/ /t͡sʰie/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sǐe/ /t͡sʰǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sie̯/ /t͡sʰie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zī cī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi1 ci1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姕 姕 姕
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 1709 1722 1736
Phonetic
component 		此 此 此
Rime
group 		支 支 支
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		貲 雌 疵
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔse/ /*sʰe/ /*ze/
Notes 即移切注又音

Definitions

姕

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