姨

姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 4543₂, composition ⿰女夷)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
• Unihan data for U+59E8

Historical forms of the character 姨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lil) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).

姨

1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)

   二姨  ―  èr yí  ―  mother's second eldest sister

2. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
3. aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
4. (historical) father's concubine

• (maternal aunt):

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: い (i)
• Kan-on: い (i)
• Kun: おば (oba, 姨)

From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

• IPA^(key):

姨(い) • (i) 

1. a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
2. a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
3. a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress

姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)

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姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì

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