姒

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sì
Cantonese: ci5
JapaneseKun: ANE
JapaneseOn: SHI JI
Korean: SA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wife of elder brother

CE-Dict: wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old)/elder sister (old)

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】姒
〔古文〕㚶【廣韻】詳里切【集韻】【韻會】象齒切【正韻】詳子切，𠀤音似。長婦爲姒，介婦爲娣，兄弟之妻相謂皆曰姒。【爾雅·釋親】女子同出，先生爲姒，後生爲娣。又長婦謂稚婦爲娣婦，稚婦謂長婦爲姒婦。　又太姒，文王妃，有莘氏女。【詩·大雅】大姒嗣𡽪音。又褒姒，周幽王后。【小雅】赫赫宗周，褒姒烕之。【註】姒，姓也。禹之後。又漢姒豐明，姒庸道，姒昂。　又【張衡·東京賦】宓妃攸館，神用挺紀。龍圖授羲，龜書𢌿姒。○按紀姒以俱四紙韻，《字彙》姒作叶音以，非。　又姒有上去二聲，韻書闕去聲。本作佀。

Han-De-Dict: Si (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)