姿

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姿 U+59FF, 姿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FF
← 姾
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娀 →

Translingual

Han character

姿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人女 (IOV) or 一人女 (MOV), four-corner 37404, composition ⿱次女)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+59FF

Chinese

trad. 姿
simp. # 姿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (次) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咨 *ʔsli
資 *ʔsli
姿 *ʔsli
粢 *ʔsli
諮 *ʔsli
恣 *ʔslis
澬 *ʔsli, *zli
趑 *sʰli
蠀 *sʰli
次 *sn̥ʰis
佽 *sl̥ʰis
絘 *sl̥ʰis
薋 *zli
瓷 *zli
茨 *zli
餈 *zli
垐 *zli, *zlɯɡ
楶 *ʔsliːɡ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即夷切
Baxter tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡si/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡si/
Li
Rong 		/t͡si/
Wang
Li 		/t͡si/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姿
Reading # 1/1
No. 1787
Phonetic
component 		次
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		咨
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsli/

Definitions

姿

  1. manner; carriage; bearing
  2. looks; appearance

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 姿
Kyūjitai
[1]
姿󠄁
姿+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
姿󠄄
姿+󠄄?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

姿

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. figure, shape

Readings

  • Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
  • Kun: すがた (sugata, 姿, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: かた (kata)、しな (shina)、たか (taka)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姿
すがた
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

姿(すがた) • (sugata) 

  1. figure, appearance, form, aspect, shape
    刻(こく)々(こく)と姿(すがた)を変(か)える雲(くも)
    kokukoku to sugata o kaeru kumo
    the clouds, continuously changing their shape
    着(き)物(もの)姿(すがた)を見(み)せる
    kimono-sugata o miseru
    to present one's kimonoed self
    ○○の愛国者(あいこくしゃ)としての姿(すがた)
    ○○ no aikokusha to shite no sugata
    the aspect of X as a patriot

References

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 629 (paper), page 364 (digital)
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

姿 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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Okinawan

Kanji

姿

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

姿: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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