姨

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yí
Cantonese: ji4
JapaneseKun: OBA
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: I
Vietnamese: dì

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mother/wife's sister; concubine

CE-Dict: mother's sister/aunt

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an aunt who is a sister of one's mother; a maternal aunt
2.a sister-in-law who is a sister of one's wife

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: aunt
【法】 sister-in-law

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: aunt

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Aunt

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》姨妻之女弟同出為姨。从女夷聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】姨
【廣韻】以脂切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】延知切，𠀤音夷。母之𡛷妹曰姨。又妻之𡛷妹同出爲姨。【詩·衞風】郉侯之姨。【左傳·莊十年】息嬀過蔡，蔡侯曰：吾姨也，止而見之。　又母同堂之𡛷妹曰堂姨。【朝野僉載】狄仁傑爲相，𠋫問盧氏堂姨。仁傑曰：表弟有何願。盧曰：老姨止一子，不欲令事女主。又十八姨，風神也。【傳異記】崔元微月夜於苑中，見諸女伴，皆殊色，煩元微每歲旦作一幡，上圖日月五星，求封家十八姨相庇。崔如其言，後風疾花飛，而苑中花不動。
考證：〔【左傳·莊十年】息嬀過蔡，蔡侯曰，吾姨也，止而享之。〕　謹照原文享之改見之。

藏法數 姨者，即母之姨，乃外祖母之姊妹，於己為姨婆也。

CF-Dict: tante maternelle

Han-De-Dict: Tante (jüngere Schwester der Mutter) (u.E.) (S)