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姨
姨
Translingual
Han character
姨 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN), four-corner 45432, composition ⿰女夷)
References
- KangXi: page 260, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
- Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1043, character 12
- Unihan data for U+59E8
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
姨 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 姨
|
|---|
| Small seal script |
 |
| Characters in the same phonetic series (夷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 桋 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 荑 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 銕 | *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd |
| 鴺 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 鮧 | *l'iːl, *lil |
| 洟 | *l̥ʰiːls, *lil |
| 羠 | *ljilʔ, *lil |
| 咦 | *hril |
| 夷 | *lil |
| 姨 | *lil |
| 痍 | *lil |
| 峓 | *lil |
| 恞 | *lil |
| 眱 | *lil |
| 蛦 | *lil |
| 胰 | *lil, *lɯ |
| 跠 | *lil |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: i2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
- IPA (key): /i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ji4
- Yale: yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4
- IPA (key): /jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
- Tâi-lô: î
- Phofsit Daibuun: ii
- IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
- (Hokkien)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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Synonyms
- (formal) 姨母 (yímǔ)
- (informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí); 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)
- (eldest) 大姨 (dàyí); 大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā)
- (youngest) 小姨 (xiǎoyí)
- (Others numbered following the eldest, as) 二姨, 三姨, etc.
Related terms
Compounds
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji
姨
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
姨 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)
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