姉

See also: 姊 and 姐
姉 U+59C9, 姉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C9
← 姈
[U+59C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姊 →
[U+59CA]

Translingual

Han character

姉 (radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十月 (VJB) or 女卜中月 (VYLB), composition ⿰女巿 (GH) or ⿰女市 (TJKV))

References
  • KangXi: page 258, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6165
  • Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+59C9

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 姉 – see 姊 (“elder sister”).
(This character, 姉, is a variant form of 姊.)

Japanese

Kanji
姉

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. older sister

Readings

Etymology

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

姉 (hiragana あね, rōmaji ane)

  1. one's own older sister

Synonyms

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

姉 • (ja)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune–Reischauer: cha)
    • Name (hangeul): 손윗누이 (revised: sonwitnui, McCune–Reischauer: sonwitnui)
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Compounds
  • 姉妹 (자매)
  • 姉妹結緣 (자매결연)
  • 姉妹校 (자매교)
  • 姉妹機關 (자매기관)
  • 姉妹船 (자매선)
  • 姉妹新聞 (자매신문)
  • 姉妹語 (자매어)
  • 姉妹篇 (자매편)
  • 姉妹學校 (자매학교)
  • 姉妹會社 (자매회사)

References

Vietnamese

Han character

姉 (chị, tỷ)

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