姉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 姊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiě
Cantonese: zi2
JapaneseKun: ANE
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: CA
Vietnamese: chị

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: elder sister

CE-Dict: Japanese variant of 姐/older sister

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】姉
【廣韻】將几切【集韻】【韻會】蔣兕切【正韻】祖似切姐本字【爾雅·釋親】男子謂女子先生爲姉。【釋名】姉，積也，猶日始出，積時多而明也。【詩·邶風】遂及伯姉。　又北齊太子稱生母爲姉姉。至宋則呼嫡母爲大姉姉，妻之于嫡母亦然。宋高宗母韋后，稱𡽪宗后爲大姉姉。語見【后妃本傳】。
考證：〔【爾雅·釋親】男子謂女子先生曰姉。〕　謹照原文曰姉改爲姉。

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