姨

姨 U+59E8, 姨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8
← 姧
[U+59E7]
CJK Unified Ideographs 姩 →
[U+59E9]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad. 姨
simp. # 姨
2nd round simp. 𫰆

Glyph origin

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).

Pronunciation


Note: yír - “maternal aunt”.

Rime
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以脂切
Baxter yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ji/
Shao
Rongfen
/jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ji/
Li
Rong
/i/
Wang
Li
/ji/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姨
Reading # 1/1
No. 14863
Phonetic
component
夷
Rime
group
脂
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
姨
Old
Chinese
/*lil/

Definitions

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

Synonyms

  • (maternal aunt):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

姨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
姨
い
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
姨
いもしゅうとめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 姨 – see the following entry.
【妹姑いもしゅうとめ】
[noun] a wife's sister
(This term, 姨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

姨: Hán Nôm readings: di, dì

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