姐

See also: 姊 and 姉
姐 U+59D0, 姐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D0
← 姏
[U+59CF]
CJK Unified Ideographs 姑 →
[U+59D1]

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character

姐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月一 (VBM), four-corner 47410, composition ⿰女且)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6172
  • Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+59D0

Chinese

trad. 姐
simp. # 姐
alternative forms 媎 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsjaːʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chiá - literary;
  • ché - vernacular.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 5ci; 5cia
        • MiniDict: ci去; cia去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2ji; 2jia
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³⁴/, /t͡ɕia³⁴/

Rime
Character 姐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 兹野切
Baxter tsjaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡siaX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siaX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ze2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姐
Reading # 1/1
No. 10376
Phonetic
component
且
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
姐
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsjaːʔ/

Definitions

姐

  1. elder sister
    姐姐  ―  jiějiě  ―  elder sister
    姐妹  ―  jiěmèi  ―  sisters
  2. woman; lady; madame
    小姐  ―  xiǎojiě  ―  young lady, Miss
  3. (dialectal) mother
Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: เจ๊ (jée, “older sister”) / เจ้ (jêe, “older sister”) (said by Chinese race; now more general)

Pronunciation


Definitions

姐

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of 㜘 (jù, “pampered; spoiled”)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 姐 – see 啫 (“only; just; simply; merely; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 啫).

Japanese

Kanji

姐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kun: あね (ane, 姐); あねご (anego); ねえさん (neesan, 姐さん)

Noun

姐(あね) • (ane) 

  1. Alternative form of 姉

Korean

Hanja

姐 • (jeo) (hangeul 저)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姐: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tỉ, tả

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