姊

See also: 姉 and 姐

姊	U+59CA, 姊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CA

← 姉
[U+59C9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

始 →
[U+59CB]

Translingual

Han character

姊 (radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中X竹 (VLXH), four-corner 4042₇, composition ⿰女𠂔)

References

KangXi: page 258, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6164

Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 20

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1032, character 9

Unihan data for U+59CA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		姊
variant forms		姉𡛷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
姊	*ʔsiʔ
秭	*ʔsiʔ
趀	*sʰi
笫	ʔsriʔ, ʔsrɯʔ
胏	*ʔsrɯʔ
柹	*zrɯʔ
柿	*zrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsiʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 𠂔.

Etymology

From Mon-Khmer; compare Old Mon kuṁci (“sister”) (Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler (2007) notes that connection with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dzar (“sister (of man)”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzər ~ tsər (Benedict, 1974) is "phonetically less direct".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zǐ, jiě (zi³, jie³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ

(Chengdu, SP): zi³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zi², ze²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dei²
Gan (Wiktionary): zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chí
Jin (Wiktionary): zi²
Min Bei (KCR): ci̿
Min Dong (BUC): cī
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chí / ché / chié / chú / chír

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi²
Wu (Wiktionary): tsr (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zr³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
  - Wade–Giles: tzu³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiie
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/

Note: jiě - more commonly used in Taiwan, also written as 姐.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi², ze²
  - Yale: jí, jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi², dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji², zé²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵/

Note: ze2 - usually written as 姐.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dei²
  - IPA ^(key): /tei⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ji`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ji³
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi²
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ci̿
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cī
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ché
  - Tâi-lô: tsé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /t͡se⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chié
  - Tâi-lô: tsié
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
  - Tâi-lô: tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

chí, ché/chié - vernacular, also written as 姐 (especially for ché);
chú/chír - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsr (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zr³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][i]jʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsiʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][i]jʔ/
English	older sister
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17870
Phonetic component	秭
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𡛷
Old Chinese	/*ʔsiʔ/

Definitions

姊

elder sister
姊妹 ― zǐmèi ― sisters

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		姊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姐姐
Mandarin	Beijing	姐姐, 姐
	Taiwan	姐姐
	Harbin	姐姐
	Shenyang	姐姐
	Hailar	大姐
	Ulan Hot	大姐
	Tongliao	大姐
	Chifeng	姐姐
	Bayanhot	姐姐
	Jinan	姐姐
	Muping	姐
	Luoyang	姐
	Wanrong	姐
	Xi'an	姐
	Zhengzhou	姐
	Xining	姐姐, 姐
	Xuzhou	姐姐
	Yinchuan	姐姐
	Lanzhou	姐姐
	Ürümqi	姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
	Wuhan	姐姐
	Huanggang	姐
	Chengdu	姐姐, 姐
	Guiyang	姐
	Liuzhou	姐, 阿姐
	Kunming	姐姐
	Yangzhou	姐姐
	Nanjing	姐姐
	Hefei	姐姐
	Nantong	姐姐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	姐姐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
	Hong Kong	家姐, 姐姐
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大姊
	Foshan	大姐, 家姐
	Shunde	大姐, 家姐
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	大姊, 家姐
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿姐
	Doumen	阿姐
	Taishan	阿姊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姐
	Dongguan	大姊, 家姐
	Shaoguan	家姐, 阿姐
	Yunfu	阿姐, 大姐
	Yangjiang	大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
	Xinyi	阿𡜵, 大𡜵
	Lianjiang	大姊, 姐姐
	Danzhou	姊
	Kuala Lumpur	家姐
	Ho Chi Minh City	家姐
Gan	Nanchang	姐姐, 姐
	Lichuan	霞姊
	Pingxiang	姐姐
Hakka	Meixian	阿姊
	Xingning	阿姊
	Huidong	阿姊
	Qujiang	姊姊
	Xiaosanjiang	阿姊
	Changting	姊姊
	Pingyu	姊
	Wuping	老姊
	Liancheng	嫫姐
	Ninghua	姊姊
	Yudu	姊姊
	Ruijin	姐姐
	Shicheng	姊姊
	Shangyou	姊姊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姊
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿姊
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿姊
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿姊
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿姊
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿姊
	Hong Kong	阿姐
	Senai	阿姊
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿姊
	Singkawang	阿姊
Huizhou	Jixi	姐姐, 姐
	Shexian	姐姐
	Tunxi	姐兒
	Xiuning	阿姐
	Yixian	姐姐
	Qimen	姐兒
	Wuyuan	姐, 姐姐
	Fuliang	姐, 姐姐
	Dexing	姊
Jin	Taiyuan	姐姐
	Pingyao	大大
	Xinzhou	姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
	Baochang	姐姐
	Jining	姐姐
	Hohhot	姐姐
	Baotou	姐姐
	Dongsheng	姐姐
	Linhe	姐姐
	Haibowan	姐姐
Min Bei	Jian'ou	姊仔, 姊姊
	Dikou	阿姊
	Zhenqian	阿姊
	Jianyang	姊仔
	Wuyishan	姊仔
	Shibei	阿姊
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依姐
	Changle	依姐
	Fuqing	阿姊
	Yongtai	依姐
	Gutian	姐
	Fu'an	姊哥
	Ningde	姊
	Shouning	阿姊
	Zhouning	阿姊
	Fuding	阿姊
	Matsu	依姐
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
	Quanzhou	阿姊, 姊
	Jinjiang	阿姊
	Yongchun	阿姊, 大姊
	Dehua	阿姊
	Zhangzhou	阿姊
	Changtai	大姊
	Zhangpu	阿姊
	Taipei	阿姊
	Kaohsiung	阿姊
	Tainan	阿姊
	Taichung	阿姊
	Hsinchu	阿姊
	Lukang	阿姊
	Sanxia	阿姊
	Yilan	阿姊
	Kinmen	俺姊
	Magong	阿姊
	Penang	姊, 姊姊
	Singapore	阿姊
	Philippines (Manila)	阿姊
	Zhangping	姐
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	俺姐
	Datian	阿姐
	Chaozhou	阿姐
	Shantou	姐
	Haifeng	姐姐
	Johor Bahru	阿姐
	Wenchang	姐, 大姊
	Haikou	阿姐, 大姊
	Leizhou	尼姊, 姊
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姊
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿咍, 阿姊
Pinghua	Nanning	姐
Shehua	Fu'an	阿姊
	Fuding	阿姊
	Luoyuan	阿姊
	Sanming	阿姊
	Shunchang	阿姊
	Hua'an	阿姊
	Guixi	阿姊
	Cangnan	姊
	Jingning	阿姊
	Lishui	姊
	Longyou	阿姊
	Chaozhou	阿姊
	Fengshun	阿姊
Wu	Shanghai	姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
	Suzhou	阿姐, 姐姐
	Wuxi	阿姊, 姐姐
	Hangzhou	阿姐, 姐姐
	Wenzhou	阿姹, 阿姐
	Chongming	阿姐, 姐姐
	Danyang	姐姐
	Jinhua	姊姊兒, 姊姊
	Ningbo	阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐
Xiang	Changsha	姐姐
	Shuangfeng	姐姐
	Loudi	姐姐, 姊姊

Compounds

令姊
伯姊
內姊／内姊
十姊妹
堂姊 (tángzǐ)
堂姊妹
大姊
大姊頭／大姊头
妻姊妹婚
姊丈 (zǐzhàng)

姊兒／姊儿
姊兒倆／姊儿俩
姊夫 (zǐfū)
姊妹 (zǐmèi)
姊妹市
姊妹校
姊妹盟
姊妹行
姊姊 (zǐzǐ)
姑姊

家姊
手帕姊妹
母姊會／母姊会
胞姊
胞姊妹
表姊 (biǎozǐ)
賢姊／贤姊
阿姊 (āzǐ)
香火姊妹

Japanese

Kanji

姊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: あね (ane, 姊); はは (haha, 姊)

Korean

Hanja

姊 • (ja) (hangeul 자)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姊 (tỉ, tỷ, chị)

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